Nice review. For a ₹10 pencil, a faint cedar smell is more than enough for us in India! Can you make a short review on the worst writing pencils you have got (like top 3 or top 5)? It would be fun to watch. Please.

My mom used to make these pencils

Your pencil reviews has caused me to go dig out my old pencil box. Did not realize how fascinating they can be.

I was curious when I saw the title if they had a smell...but no, but they did seem to write very smoothly. Thanks for sharing

Is a number 2 held to the same standards across the globe as far as the lead and test taking etc.?

Neat!, Also, what happened to the review of the St. Bernards Breviary?

Outstanding review. I love your theory that they had called the pencil “cedar” it seems a popular burger chain got in trouble many years ago for selling “all beef patties” that were actually loaded with fillers but sold by a company called “all beef”. I don’t know if that story is true. But it is fun to tell. Thanks for the excellent video!

What a pleasant surprise, another good inexpensive pencil that writes well. I love those. If this unmarked Youva is an Asian pencil for Asian markets, it's a safe bet that it's 2B. A fellow from Malaysia once told me that 2B is all that there is on the usual stationery shops of his country, with HB nowhere to be seen. It's probably regarded as specialised writing equipment, like most #H grade pencils and leads are for us. A shame if you ask me, because I love HB. 2B IMO is too smudgy and has too much potential to make a mess if you touch the writing, and it's also a little too slippery. I like a modicum of friction when I put pencil to paper, it's pleasant feedback and helps me control the applied pressure. Cedar is a group denomination, and this is probably an Asian continental species of it. IIRC Japan has its own species of cedar that they make pencils out of, though I'm not sure if it's American cedar brought in and grown locally. Anyone with insider knowledge feel free to correct me. Whatever the case, this is better than balsa or eucalyptus, so I'm on board. Speaking of Field Notes, do you have a review on it? I know Kevin does, but I'd love to hear _your_ input as well.

Those vintage Bics were awesome -- especially that old Banana and the school pen. If you ever want to part with some old Bics and trade for some pencils, let me know. :) I collect old Bics. Also, as a Michigander, we pronounce both Mackinaw and Mackinac as "Mackinaw".

Idk why but the readers edition feels like you’re holding a crusader bible. Probably because the cross on the front is the same as what the crusaders had on their chest. Aka King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem

A lot of great WW2 era finds in that lot. I just got a Radiolite in one of my last lots that I purchased (last weekend, I believe). Love the sort of Egyptian style font they used on those. The Garfield pencil is awesome, too. We always add those to our Garfield collection when we find those. That's a nice, early one.

I've never been a big fan of these... though I do have a ton of them, newer and older. The last new boxes I bought were probably around 10-12 years ago and they were still being made at that point. They were quite cheap, somewhere between $1-2 for a dozen, IIRC. Not sure if they still make them or not. I found them a bit scratchy and the quality of the wood wasn't the best. The older ones were better than the newer batches, in my experience.

Looks a lot like a Hindustan product to me. Neat find, haven't seen these variants before. I try to collect all of the Apsara/Doms/Nataraj/etc. and other branded Hindustan pencils like the Pen+Gear, since they usually always write great.

I can fully understand pencil collections getting out of control. I've been collecting seriously for around 15 years and have so many that it would take days to go through them all -- multiple thousands, and donated thousands more. I really do need to organize them by brand. I started a few times, but it's quite an overwhelming project. Most of my full dozen boxes are somewhat organized, but the loose ones really take time.

I always love finding pen & pencil lots at thrift stores. I must've bought hundreds of bags like these over the years. The original Bic Pencils are a nice find. I remember using the black ones growing up and later the modern clear ones throughout college. I have found quite a few of the originals lately, though. The newest ones all have white erasers except the 0.5, which sometimes use either white or gray. The Sharpwriter is refillable, but doesn't refill like a clutch pencil through the tip, it requires disassembly and the lead needs to be fed in through the spring mechanism, if memory serves. The Clickster is a neat find -- I find those from time to time. They're almost always missing the eraser, I assume they never fit quite right and over time just fell out. I see that often with modern Paper Mate Write Bros. pencils as well.

Trespasses... Went to a catholic school for 2 yrs as a kid and it has always been trespasses. Even when we prayed the rosary. 35 yrs later i come back and i bought 4 bibles (DRV, KJV, NABRE, and NRSV) searching for the words of god and jesus. 2 are red letter but they all say debt and debtors. I felt like i was in a Mandela effect experiment or a glitch in the matrix. You did a great job of clearing this up for me! Thank you! I feel that trespass is much more fitting since nobody owes me anything but i feel like I'm trespassed often... makes the lords prayer seem more valuable to me as the individual to say it and believe in it. It comforts me to know that i have forgiven those Thank you again!

Hello Can You please tell me the battery life of Skmei 2042? does it gives 7yrs like casio?

Thank you for making this I love these comparisons I have the Mexican made ones the lead is nice and dark this is my favorite brand

You have an amazing collection! What a great video. Thank you! I really enjoyed marbled pencils when young. Didn't imagine that I would reflect upon them years later. You give a great quote of wisdom near the end: "It's hard to send your darlings away just because you have two of them."

Someone much wiser than myself once said, "Too much of a good thing is wonderful." To my eyes, your collection looks very much under control and it's great fun to look at, MAMO! Thank you for continuing to share it with us, and while I don't want to be an enabler, I say they make pencil boxes so that they may be filled.

Were do you get your pencils

8:15 Glad I could contribute to the madness.

I bought it and want to connect it to active speakers. What kind of cable I need there?

Thank you - I am thinking of buying a Douay Rheims bible.

I had to watch this 15 minute video in 4 disconnected sections due to children and other obligations, and now i can't think of anything smart to share. But i enjoyed seeing it! I'm biased, but those Wesley hymns are some of the best.

Tremendous! I have quite a collection of Hymnals, but I don’t have that one! I will have to find a copy. It looks fantastic!

Why is the noise floor so low?

Our church started over a year ago to put all the hymns and scripture reading up on 6 screens 3 on each side. My wife still loves to hold the hymnal and sing from it, can't read music but she notices the changes by looking. She sings out of her hymnal every morning and loves reading the stories behind the hymns. I don't mind the screens as the hymnal is hard to read sometimes. We have been reading a chronological bible together this year, reading out loud every other page to each other. Thanks for the video. take care

I am amazed by how many books Wesley published. His horse must have had a very smooth gait. What I found lately is that Wesley was one of the richest (in income from his own work, at least, not the rents from land, I suppose) in England during his lifetime, which goes a long way to explain how he was able to finance all of his projects.

I have been to low and high churches, and the most touching and spiritually moving lords supper communion service I have witnessed was in a little KJV baptist church. Ive seen the bells and chimes of catholics and lutherans and all that, and scripture gets read, but something about the simplicity and the reading of the scripture there just hit different. I also must say, I think the ever shrinking place of the bible in protestant churches is why there is a hemmorage of attendance, and we see a flock towards the roman and eastern orthodox churches. Because when the bible takes a back seat, it becomes all about the externals and the show, and quickly it becomes apparent how hollow the modern trends are and the historical ambiance of the liturgy woos the searching soul. It is the scriptures though that makes the difference, it is the power that is needed, lest we merely have an outward show and a hollow center. Rant over. God bless.

Kansas City for the win!

Thank you. I suspect that few people who make videos are normally-thinking people. The church in which I grew up also now has TV screens. I wonder what hymnal the Nazarene Church I visited from time to time when I was a kid used. Maybe that one from the '30's. My Nazarene neighbors loved pointing out to me, a Baptist, that only John was a Baptist, while Jesus was a Nazarene.

This type of display is very convenient, because you have all information about time and date, and there's no need to touch any button. I have a Chinese copy of this model, but I had to resold the quartz, because the previous one didn't give accuracy. In your case, 1 sec per a day is a pretty good result, usually the accuracy of Chinese watches much worse. Strangely enough, here in post Soviet countries we've never seen this model, not even copies. Instead, the iconic model here in 90-s was a no-name Montana watch, with similar screen. It had several melodies of some American songs.

Thank you for this review of the Nazarene Hymnal….it brought to mind wonderful memories of the old hymns of the Church, the gathering of like believers at camp meetings, and responsive readings of the Word during services. Sadly, in recent visits to various Protestant churches, I observed very few folks carrying Bibles, no Bibles and no hymnals in the seats/pews, and only a few Scripture references on the screens during the services. Many things change with the passage of time, but God’s Word never changes.

I have the p.j kennedy and sons douay rheims and the copyright in it is 1914. James cardinal gibbons died in 1921, so i think we have a date. Thanks for the video.

Blazing speed on sharpening that pencil 😂😂😂😂😂

The firmware is broken. Not on the official website. I like the receiver. Where can I get the firmware and the firmware program? Can you tell me, please? Maybe who knows? I am very grateful!

I will definitely bet the unfortunate-in-English name is an unfortunate mistranslation. Coca-Cola also had a similar mishap in reverse when it went on to brand itself on a certain Asian market, I don't remember which. Teal and white is a good colour combination for stationery, looks very neat and professional. Maybe almost as neat as your mouth after a good brush with Aquafresh! 😜 [comment not sponsored] Still, the name certainly fits, 'cause this is one dark trace. I'd even argue it's a 3B, if not 4B. Must be a great deal for artists in particular. Personally I'm not a fan of excessively soft leads for writing: their inherently poor point retention means you have to re-do the point often and take the pencil off the paper as a result.

Hi MAMO - thanks for another great review from a pencil company that I have never heard of! Seems like many different types of pens and mechanical pencils are sold under the Hauser brand, but their origins seem to be India and Asia. They sure make an effort to highlight the German inspired quality to their products, but I wonder if this is all just a marketing effort without any real German roots or connections. Either way, when you compared these to the Apsara, they were certainly darker. I would venture to say they are one of the darkest India-made pencils I've seen. And your Aquafresh toothpaste analogy was right on! Something about that turquoise and white color combination! Thanks so much!

Nice pencil, terrible name. You're fast with that sharpener!

I like the KJV, but these simpler English bibles can be a bit more fluid. It flows better for those times you want a lite bible.

I have a set of 12 Koh- I -Noor color pencils, one charcoal pencil and 2 pastel pencils that I've either thrifted or found at estate sales. I also found 3 L. & C. Hardtmuth 1099 1/2 drafting pencil extenders which I thought would work for all pencils, but alas, no. I can't find a pencil that fits into the extender. Have you found any drafting pencils by Hardtmuth?

PLUGGED into comp to try to put mp3 files in... got a ghost image .. clicked on it then it said put disc into usb drive G ! so Im at an impass ...... looking at the instructions I see .... insert the TF card .... wot is this ..... did it come with the radio and Ive missed it ? do I have to buy it ?

Invaluable parents.

Always interesting..all I can say is I've always like twisting action over clicking. I use mostly standard #2 sharpened pencils in my wood working and other hobbies. I used these type when I was in school. take care

Is the DW:DO lectionary of daily readings the same as any of the BCP or are they different?

I had no idea the stock lead was so long. It makes sense, but somehow I never figured someone would make lead pieces longer than 60mm. It's certainly not you that perceives the graphite as lighter, scratchier and overall cheaper, it shows clearly on the footage. And I can easily see the dissatisfaction of the average user with a pencil with graphite like that, as it's not marketed as refillable (and let's agree, being so fiddly to refill is not a good look) so in principle a bad lead is all you get. Couple that with the cheaper-looking plastic colour, and aye, Adam Savage's gripes start to make more and more sense. On a purely subjective aside here, my favourite yellow colour for stationery by far is the 'burnt' honey-mustard of the P209 Sharp and of older American wood pencils.

Your love for these will forever be a mystery to me ... Dont they wiggle and jiggle when they write for you? I must have just too heavy of a ham hoc hand for these.

Love the comparison of these, MAMO. I have noticed in the smaller packs the new color. I was at a store recently that still had the older stock mixed in and the color difference was stark. I'll bet PaperMate uses that same size box of a number of products and just changes the printing on the cardboard to suit the contents, which is why it seems larger than necessary for the Sharpwriters. Another example of how big corporations find ways to save money. I've never seen a Non-Stop so it was fun to see them up close. Thanks for another fun review!