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!
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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 like how subtle the customization is. Like, this is pretty much what regular Derwent brand artist pencils look like, just with "Derwent Pencil Museum" printed on it rather than "Derwent graphic". So it really must've felt like they where just handing you a regular pencil as the admission ticket.
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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 on that note, if you visit the Gruyere Museum then your admission ticket is a piece of cheese (Gruyere of course)
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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 Guess what just got added to our bucket list.
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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 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
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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 wow amazing and thanks! I didn't know about this museum! Have to plan a visit this summer then!
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@AlexanderVI @MikeFromLFE It came up in the replies!
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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 have 2 of those pencils!
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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?
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@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!
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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.
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@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!
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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.
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@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
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@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.
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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.
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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.
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@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.
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