✏️ Swanson Tool Co CP216 AlwaysSharp Refillable Carpenter Pencil with Black Graphite Tips Review

My husband, an elderly man, was always looking for a pen to mark the interchangeable boards on the deck, in the garden or in the garage. Of course he couldn't find what was sharpened. I finally found one for him. I ended up going online with Revain and not only did I buy pre-sharpened pencils, but I thought 'what a neck' I'm going to order more carpenter's pencils. But to my surprise, what I found was new and improved, with more lead etc. Mechanical carpenter's pencils! How the hell did this…

This is my favorite marking tool. They work like the old popper pens I had at school years ago: you pull out the lead holder from the front and insert it from the back to slide the new holder up. In addition, the mines in the holders are reversible. So before you remove the lead holder, pull out the lead and flip it over and you'll get double the benefit of each holder. My biggest gripe with these pens is that the pocket clips suck. I have 2 places where I mainly carry a pencil with me: on the…

As an electrician I don't use a carpenter's pencil much, but I do take notes that I need to erase from time to time, but not often enough to keep a regular pencil and sharpener with me. I grabbed this because it reduced my need for a sharpener and saved me worrying about the wear and tear of carrying it in a tool belt. I wasn't expecting much from cartridge nibs, I thought they were like normal mechanical pencils that I would click 3 or 4 times with when writing on paper, but these nibs are…