I worked with this great Carpenter who didn't appreciate his trade much.
He did it as a living. He had no love for it.
I was his limited skilled helper, but I loved what I did.
We had a different approach to things.
He saw it as a means to an end. I actually enjoyed my job.
I was early to work and he'd have to kick me off the site.
Anyway, the point of the story is that whenever I'd come
in with some Carpentry related gadget, he'd laugh at me.
But, I taught him a thing or two.
He would always lose his pencils and ask me to borrow mine
because I always had mine. I wore a carpenter's belt, he didn't.
I love this sleeve because it keeps the pencil clipped on to me,
I tend "not" to leave it behind because it seems more valuable
to me than just a pencil alone, I clip it to my t-shirt when working
in odd spaces and the best part is that as the pencil grows shorter
and shorter from being sharpened, I don't have to scrunch up my
fingers in order to use it. It's like the pencil is always full length.
I highly recommend it. BTW, my bud fell in love with it after laughing
at me for having one, so I got him one. He never asked me for another
pencil again because he always had his handy thanks to me.
I love C.H. Hanson. Here's one of their latest pencil inventions:
Here's my little collection of pencil-related gadgets
I've picked up over the years with one crayon holder: