It's said that a pencil can draw a 35 mile line. But there are many different types of pencils. So I decided to find out.
Using a combination of scientific papers and my own experiments, this smallprint shows a scale drawing of the different length of lines that different pencils can draw.
The paper in question looked at a model that could accurately replicate the line of a pencil through computer graphics. Part of the model involved exploring how much graphite would be removed by drawing a line given the fact that different types of pencil contain varying amounts of graphite, wax and composite.
Applying this logic to a range of pencil grades from 8H to 8B, I reached an answer, which is shown in the scaled lines etched into the pencil nip from soft on the left to hard on the right.
Essentially, if you're using an 8H pencil, you could be walking a very long line.
Specification
105mm W x 148mm H Wraparound Mount 350gsm Heavy Weight Paper Made in the UK
