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38. Yes, I use pencils mostly for woodworking projects.

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:43 PM

Dec 2025

Army recruiter pencils are the best, the point is durable and the mark is dark. I have a couple of hand crank Boston sharpeners, but the pencils in the shop usually get sharpened with a knife.

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Do you still use pencils? If so, for what? [View all] CTyankee Dec 2025 OP

If my True Dough Dec 2025 #1

Drawing, marking musical scores. Ocelot II Dec 2025 #2

That hasn't been updated with computer technology? CTyankee Dec 2025 #5

Yes, you can use an iPad and a stylus, but I'm old-fashioned. Ocelot II Dec 2025 #13

I've never seen iPads on stands at the symphony, but Ilsa Dec 2025 #39

It's fairly common in choirs, and I've also seen it in small instrumental ensembles. Ocelot II Dec 2025 #40

I bet it's wonderfully convenient. Of course, I'd be scared Ilsa Dec 2025 #46

Yes Thunderbeast Dec 2025 #50

manual impact device. AllaN01Bear Dec 2025 #22

I have a pencil attached at to my trombone for making notes on music. TomSlick Dec 2025 #48

Calendar, crosswords, & artwork SheltieLover Dec 2025 #3

Pencil for crosswords? BOSSHOG Dec 2025 #6

Sometimes SheltieLover Dec 2025 #15

Ah yes, the pencil for the NYT Sunday puzzle! My sense of worth depends on me finishing that puzzle, which I never do CTyankee Dec 2025 #8

Crossing off completed rows in knitting patterns. likesmountains 52 Dec 2025 #4

Be ever frugal bucolic_frolic Dec 2025 #7

Doyou have a pencil sharpener? The old kind with a little handle for your real desk top which is now a computer desk for CTyankee Dec 2025 #12

Yes, I have a hand crank grinder 1960s model, state of the art bucolic_frolic Dec 2025 #14

Boston Self-Feeder 4 bucolic_frolic Dec 2025 #21

I use pencils and a hand-crank Boston sharpener democrank Dec 2025 #24

I need a pencil sharpener and can't PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2025 #37

They have them on Amazon. Haggard Celine Dec 2025 #52

I looked on Amazon and was horrified at how PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2025 #68

Oh, yes, the booklet calendar! I have one which is the 8/2 X 11". It is a spiral notebook. CTyankee Dec 2025 #17

Yes, I still do for artwork, and especially color pencils. Thank you CTYankee and have a great day. debm55 Dec 2025 #9

4 and 5 star sudoku. I'm not that good Raven123 Dec 2025 #10

drawing, mostly surrealAmerican Dec 2025 #11

Yes, almost daily WestMichRad Dec 2025 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author CTyankee Dec 2025 #18

Making lumber for cutting, you know, 15 and 5/16s, take the line. dem4decades Dec 2025 #19

Yes because I make mistakes or change my mind PJMcK Dec 2025 #20

My older Rebl2 Dec 2025 #23

Here's a pencil joke for you: True Dough Dec 2025 #25

OMG, that's funny! Whatta sense of humor he has! CTyankee Dec 2025 #42

I use them for drawing. Mr. Diamond uses them for crossword puzzles. Diamond_Dog Dec 2025 #26

yes...always carry a few... ret5hd Dec 2025 #27

Every day. Mechanical pencils on cryptograms & drawing pencils for sketching. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2025 #28

Carpentry! Bobstandard Dec 2025 #29

We still use them for that too, Bayard Dec 2025 #57

Also old, but I use them, as you do, for things I might want to change karynnj Dec 2025 #30

I like the logic of your creating a plan. It's "if this, then that" kind of thinking which I find helpful. After all, CTyankee Dec 2025 #43

Yes Sequoia Dec 2025 #31

oh yes markie Dec 2025 #32

Carpenters pencils, yes. RockRaven Dec 2025 #33

A world without pencils? I can't imagine!😁 I use them on my calendar, doing puzzles, KitFox Dec 2025 #34

Sketching. GPV Dec 2025 #35

Sewing..marking up patterns. BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2025 #36

Yes, I use pencils mostly for woodworking projects. HappyH Dec 2025 #38

Sketchng bif Dec 2025 #41

BlackWing pencils Maninacan Dec 2025 #44

I am a public librarian. intheflow Dec 2025 #45

I use pencils everyday. I still write checks and doc03 Dec 2025 #47

I didn't know you could write a check with a pencil! I always thought you had to use a pen. CTyankee Dec 2025 #58

No I record my checks in the check book because I make mistakes, don't use a pencil on checks. doc03 Dec 2025 #66

In a compass or other scribing tool... LuckyCharms Dec 2025 #49

Yes, bamagal62 Dec 2025 #51

Yes ! ShepKat Dec 2025 #53

Winding cassette tapes. NT mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 #54

for drawing. nt Trueblue Texan Dec 2025 #55

I use a mechanical pencil for everything. Phoenix61 Dec 2025 #56

Keeping score at a baseball game Rastapopoulos Dec 2025 #59

I use them for my wood cutting projects. Emile Dec 2025 #60

Mechanical pencils every day. I'm a list maker: grocery lists, to-do lists, menus, Christmas gift lists, chia Dec 2025 #61

I have one that I got at the county fair this summer. Xavier Breath Dec 2025 #62

I use them but not as often as I used to LogDog75 Dec 2025 #63

Yes...I grab whatever is nearby when I write a list... Tikki Dec 2025 #64

I find that the backs of envelopes make wonderful, if disorganized, note paper. CTyankee Dec 2025 #65

Notes on Randomthought Dec 2025 #67

Always. OldBaldy1701E Dec 22 #69

Sort Of ProfessorGAC Dec 22 #70

Sometimes for a reminder, a list, but Mostly for Drawing... electric_blue68 Dec 23 #71

I bite the wood! It helps calm me. All my wood pencils are branded with Ziggysmom Dec 23 #72