Carpenter's pencil
The carpenter's pencil (also called a carpenter's pencil) is used to mark materials with a rough, solid surface. It is used as a job-specific tool in many construction trades . It differs from the normal pencil in size, shape and function.
Structure and shape
The usual carpenter's pencil usually has an elliptical or square-oval cross-section , sometimes it is also rectangular. This prevents the pen from rolling down sloping surfaces. His lead has a rectangular cross-section with very different side lengths in order to create a narrow line when the broad side is placed against a ruler and yet not break off. Commercially available lengths are 8.5 cm, 17.5 cm, 24 cm and 30 cm.
Carpenter's pencils have an HB lead , which, like pencils, is made of graphite and clay mineral and is therefore gray in color.
There are also graphite leads with a water-soluble dye additive, e.g. B. Methylene Blue , which is suitable for drawing on a damp surface.
use
The carpenter's pencil is mainly used on construction sites by builders, such as B. carpenters , bricklayers , concrete and reinforced concrete builders , etc., as well as in the home improvement area for marking on materials such. B. wood, concrete or masonry are used. Since it does not fit into a normal sharpener due to the wide, non-conical tip , it is usually sharpened with a knife or rubbed at an angle on a rough surface (concrete wall, sandpaper, etc.). However, there are also special sharpeners for carpenter's pencils.
In addition, the carpenter's pencil and the multi-graph pen are used as advertising material and are mainly distributed at trade fairs or by sales representatives. The popularity as an advertising medium is that both pen forms offer relatively large advertising space on the wooden casing, which can be printed with trade names, company logos or company addresses, and are cheaper to buy than z. B. Folding rules ("folding rules"). Since they are consumed with use, they are also gladly accepted as promotional gifts.
further explanation
Multi-graph pen
The multi-graph pen (also known as the multi-graph pen) is similar to the carpenter's pencil. The pen is usually three-edged and has a particularly soft lead, which is suitable for writing on smooth surfaces such as tiles, glass, metal or foam polystyrene. Not only gray graphite leads, but also red, green and blue leads are offered. The different lead colors are important so that the multi-graph pen can be used on differently colored surfaces. The multi-graph pen is also called a giant pencil or triangular pencil. There are also multi-graph pens with a hexagonal, elliptical or round cross-section.
Carpenter pencil
The carpenter's pencil is a special form of the multi-graph pen. It is 17.5 cm long, has a round wooden jacket and a special wet writing lead that can also be used to draw on wet wood.
Steinhauerstift
Carpenter's pencils with a harder lead (e.g. a 6H lead or a 20H lead) are called stonemason pencils. Stone carving pens are used for recording information on concrete or stone, which are very hard surfaces.
Asian bamboo stick
In Japan, instead of carpenter pencils, bamboo shavings are traditionally used, which are tapered to a cutting edge and moistened with Indian ink for use.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b https://www.reidinger.de/blei-und-kopierstift/ Reidinger company writing on wet pens
- ↑ a b https://www.reidinger.de/multigrafstift/ Firmenschrift Fa. Reidinger
literature
- Franz Krämer: Basic knowledge of the carpenter: specialist material for carpenters . 9th, revised, updated and expanded Ed., Bruderverlag, Karlsruhe 2006, ISBN 3-87104-155-6 . (P. 133: "Carpenter's Pencil")
- Representation in the novel:
- Manuel Rivas: The carpenter's pencil . 1st edition, Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-518-39815-6 . (From the content: During the Spanish Civil War in 1936, the protagonist of the novel, as a prisoner, uses a large carpenter's pencil to draw the "Portico of Bliss" of the opposite cathedral, which later became the starting point for his guard's persecution of his prisoner's odyssey.)
- The German writer Arno Schmidt used the carpenter's pencil several times in his work as a metaphor . B. for his “manual literary work” or for self-portrayal “as a (literary) berserk with a rough carpenter's pencil”. (see: Report of March 30, 2006 in Deutschlandradio about an Arno Schmidt exhibition )
