In 1982 I was in the seventh grade attending Farquhar Middle School in Olney, Maryland. It was around this time, for one reason or another, I began looking at pencils a little differently than other kids did. Discovering new brands was exciting to me, and when I came across a model I hadn’t yet seen I couldn’t help but ask, what’s the name on that pencil? Look at that, it’s a Ruwe Heath. And this one is a General’s Badger. Ooh, and that one is an Eagle Black Warrior!
I was hooked. And as they say, the rest is history.
