On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 04:25:20 GMT, alexkuzn
wrote:

There is a short metal tube sleeve of soft metal that holds eraser in
the pencil.

Does anyone know what exactly that metal is?
Is this kind of tubing available anywhere?

Henry Petroski's classic book "Pencil" says that economy pencils will
have a ferrule of aluminum; better grades will use painted ones,
"historically of brass." During WW II when metal was in short supply,
plastic ferrules were substituted.


Jack Smith