![]() ![]() ![]() It’s impossible to say exactly when the first true modern mechanical pencil was created – one with an internal mechanism for advancing the graphite in a controlled manner – but many credit it to Tokuji Hayakawa, whose “Ever Ready Sharp Pencil” became an enormous success and gave his budding company its name: Sharp. Back then, they were more like crude clutch led pencils that simply held the graphite shaft in place while one wrote. ![]() While mechanical pencils have been around for centuries, the late 16th century versions weren’t exactly technical marvels they are today. ![]()
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