# \#sharpeningpencils

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## [Getting to the Point (The Pencil Point that Is...)](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/getting-to-the-point-the-pencil-point-that-is/807)

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**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\
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**Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/getting-to-the-point-the-pencil-point-that-is/807 "2023-10-09T18:43:01Z")

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Artist and Smartermarx community member Sigrid Junold Käppeler brought up the practice of developing needle-like pencil points the other day in a post titled “Frightfully pointy pencils.” While I was in college I was t…