Review – Dixon “My First” Ticonderoga

I’m not gonna lie; I find reviewing wood pencils difficult. I just don’t see enough difference in them to make it seem worth my while to look at each specific one. Ones like the My First Ticonderoga are easier, but still the discussion of them ends up being brief. That being said, let’s take a look.

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The pencil is almost solid yellow, with green accents on the information on the “barrel” and the metal eraser holder. It is a little more broken up by the eraser’s pink and the wood of the sharpened end. The eraser works well enough, and is quite large since the pencils size is increased. The body is half again to double the circumference of a standard pencil, making it much more comfortable to hold, in my opinion, but harder to store. It is completely round, making rolling quite easy, but its larger mass makes it less prone to ending up on the floor.

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The lead is standard fare for #2. It works well enough for drawing and writing, providing a medium line that can be both quite dark and quite light, though the largeness of the lead skews it to dark. Personally I haven’t used it much for that, but I have used it for marking wood in lieu of a carpenter’s pencil, a job at which this excels.

It’s a good pencil, both for kids and those who don’t want to or can’t hold the smaller standard pencils of today. The quality control isn’t the finest. I’ve found some wood and paint blemishes but these are quite minor and don’t affect the writing ability at all. The set I got also came with a plastic pencil sharpener that does what it’s supposed to, but is nothing special. They’re just a simple, good option for someone who wants a larger pencil.

Speak Your Mind 142 #706-710

QUESTIONS

1. Should people be able to eat in restaurants without shoes?

2. Do you have many fillings in your mouth?

3. Do you drink a lot of milk?

4. Do you think nail polish looks nice on a girls toe-nails?

5. Why do you think indians often wore very little?

ANSWERS By: Austin Smith

1. Not unless they’re babies.

2. A few, but I wouldn’t say many.

3. No, I drink almost no milk.

4. No, I don’t like nail polish.

5. Because they were in warmer climates, with worse materials and had fewer clothes-making tools.

Speak Your Mind 64 #316-320

QUESTIONS

1. Are you allergic to any foods?

2. Do you check books out of the library very often?

3. Would you rather live in a big town or a little town?

4. When do you plan to (or when did you) stop going trick or treating?

5. Do you think american men will ever wear dresses?

ANSWERS By: Austin Smith

1. No that I know of.

2. I prefer to own books, so no.

3. A little town, I like the nothing.

4. I stopped going about when I was 12.

5. No, I think dresses as clothes are on their way out.