In article m,
Ken Sterling wrote:
Officemaxium, Scriptoium or Pentelium?

It isn't magnetic so it isn't plated steel. It's brighter than
aluminum or a zinc alloy would be. A file proves that it isn't
plated brass. I'd guess it's a soft stainless steel alloy that is
easily stamped and formed.

It isn't tubing, is clearly stamped out of thin flat stock. My
caliper sez it's about .006" thin.
I dunno DoN,

Wrong "Don" here. You were replying to "Don Foreman", not to
me. I'm the only one who uses that strange mix of upper and lower case
(which happens to make it into either my first name or my initials, if
you count the small 'o' as a fat hollow period. :-)

I've looked at a couple of pencils here and I can't see
any seam where they would have been joined. Looks like tubing, and
then it is rolled and crimped (some with a design).

It has been some time since I last used regular pencils, but I
seem to remember a seam with overlap where flat metal was rolled to get
the ridges, and then wrapped around the pencil body. (But, they may
well have changed since I last used them. I prefer ink FWIW.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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Sorry 'bout that DoN. I'll try to be a little more careful with the
shift key in the future. G
Ken.