How it's Made the Pencil

In 1795, Nicholas Jacques Conté (a French officer in Napoleon's army) patented the modern method of kiln-firing powdered graphite with clay to make pencils of any desired hardness. But, around 1560, Mr and Mrs Bernacotti had made the first blueprints for the modern, wood-encased carpentry pencil.

 

With this video you'll discover that nowadays pencils are made using a similar method.