I've only just realised that the pencil they give you as your 'admission ticket' at the Pencil Museum in Keswick is a special pencil!
-
I've only just realised that the pencil they give you as your 'admission ticket' at the Pencil Museum in Keswick is a special pencil!
I'm wondering if a museum purely devoted to pencils might be one of the most Mastodon places in England?
Maybe it's one of Mastodon's Spiritual Homes!@MikeFromLFE why is it special?
-
@MikeFromLFE How has no one told me there is a pencil museum? I feel deeply deprived. All the more so after finding this in their museum shop (yes, not having the museum on hand will not keep me from museum shops). https://www.derwentart.com/en-gb/p/2302303/gifts-offers/gift-ideas/ww2-secret-map-souvenir-pencil
@camilla_hoel At the museum there's a detailed video of how the factory went about producing the original secret agent pencils. It wasn't easy, particularly because of the secrecy involved in manufacturing the components!
-
@naturepoker
They also give you a quiz based on the exhibits - get them all right and you get a pen as well (it's a normal artist fine liner pen, not specifically branded though!)@MikeFromLFE @naturepoker I feel cheated - we just got another pencil (different type though) for completing the quiz.
-
@camilla_hoel At the museum there's a detailed video of how the factory went about producing the original secret agent pencils. It wasn't easy, particularly because of the secrecy involved in manufacturing the components!
@MikeFromLFE I can imagine!
-
I've only just realised that the pencil they give you as your 'admission ticket' at the Pencil Museum in Keswick is a special pencil!
I'm wondering if a museum purely devoted to pencils might be one of the most Mastodon places in England?
Maybe it's one of Mastodon's Spiritual Homes!I lived in Keswick for 4 years and somehow missed out on the Pencil Museum. I have been down a local lead mine though.
-
@MikeFromLFE @naturepoker I feel cheated - we just got another pencil (different type though) for completing the quiz.
@NAB @MikeFromLFE @naturepoker I got a handful of pencils
-
@MikeFromLFE How has no one told me there is a pencil museum? I feel deeply deprived. All the more so after finding this in their museum shop (yes, not having the museum on hand will not keep me from museum shops). https://www.derwentart.com/en-gb/p/2302303/gifts-offers/gift-ideas/ww2-secret-map-souvenir-pencil
@camilla_hoel @MikeFromLFE we definitely had a discussion about it a couple of years ago when I was asking why the lake district got graphite instead of diamonds.
-
I've only just realised that the pencil they give you as your 'admission ticket' at the Pencil Museum in Keswick is a special pencil!
I'm wondering if a museum purely devoted to pencils might be one of the most Mastodon places in England?
Maybe it's one of Mastodon's Spiritual Homes!@MikeFromLFE Little known fact, The 2B was used by Shakespeare himself, although he was a little unsure about it.
-
I've only just realised that the pencil they give you as your 'admission ticket' at the Pencil Museum in Keswick is a special pencil!
I'm wondering if a museum purely devoted to pencils might be one of the most Mastodon places in England?
Maybe it's one of Mastodon's Spiritual Homes!@MikeFromLFE I've been there! I think maybe three times.
-
@camilla_hoel @MikeFromLFE we definitely had a discussion about it a couple of years ago when I was asking why the lake district got graphite instead of diamonds.
@ianturton @camilla_hoel Apparently, early on, soon after the discovery of graphite up there, graphite was more valuable than gold.
-
T tokeriis@helvede.net shared this topic
