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1 HN user recommended this in 2015, in one comment.
20072026
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Slate and Pencil by KCFT
Amazon's catalog no longer lists this product (checked 2026-11-02). The name comes from the link HN users posted.
Maybe you could use a mold instead of forming them by extrusion. Square leads were common in the past:
http://www.officemuseum.com/pencil_history.htm
This website reminds me of "slate pencils" (soft slate wrapped in paper). I remember my parents having some of these for a message board in our house. You can still get them:
http://www.amazon.com/Slate-and-Pencil-by-KCFT/dp/B017N0U4CS...