Roald Dahl, best-selling author of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” sharpened six of them each day before he started writing. ESPN football analyst Lee Corso often holds one on TV. The iconic ...

Despite the large number of fast-moving cutters, sanders, slicers and shavers at the Wagner Pencil Co., the plant's 23 workers have managed to avoid a serious accident since the company began keeping ...

German pen and pencil maker Faber-Castell is this year celebrating its 260 th anniversary, making it one of the oldest brand names associated with writing implements. And in celebration of this event, ...

Samsung introduced some tablets at Mobile World Congress last night. I was there, I listened to the whole thing, and I can’t really tell you much about them other than they exist and they’re ...

The familiar yellow pencil with the Dixon Ticonderoga name can be found in schools across the country. Dixon Ticonderoga Co. is one of the nation’s oldest and best known pencil makers, founded in 1827 ...

NUREMBERG, Germany (Reuters) - If the digital revolution is going to consign anything to the dustbin of history, you might think the humble pencil would be a leading contender. However, with such ...