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For everyday shaving.

In my case, the cheapest one (Krasin Constructor, locally produced, made from linden) costs 10 cents, and the most expensive one (Blackwing assortment) costs $7 per pencil.

What kind of point or sharpening angle do you prefer? What softness/hardness do you choose for cursive? Maybe any particular grip methods.

I use a pencil to improve my handwriting in cursive (even for pseudo-calligraphy), and I'm still searching for the pencil that suits me best. The main problem is maintaining line consistency, since even a fairly firm lead dulls quickly and the line becomes thicker when it shouldn't, or conversely I accidentally rotate the pencil in my hand and the line suddenly becomes thin and dark when I didn't intend it.

I know that many factories are now located in Vietnam, and that some brands have fully moved their production there.

China, of course, also manufactures a huge amount, but I'm not sure its pencils can be called the best - or perhaps I'm just not very familiar with that market.

This brings us to Germany and Japan, and, just as a hundred years ago, their pencils are considered the best in the world - but how objective is that assessment today? Maybe we're simply fooling ourselves out of brand loyalty, and in a blind test we wouldn't be able to tell a Faber-Castell made in Germany from one made in Indonesia.

How many countries even continue to manufacture pencils? I get the impression that p

I'm planning to set up a meshtastic node at home (probably a Heltec one) and I'd like to find a device that can act as a UPS for it in case of a power outage for a couple of days. If I can't find one, I might just have to look for batteries instead.