In olden days, people used to make marks on paper using pencils. Some arty folk still do.
Today’s invention is an eraser, made of stiff white rubber, in the form of a pencil.
Since erasers are always getting dirty with graphite, and you want to be able to perform precision rubbing out using a sharp eraser tip, the pencil-shaped eraser can be kept pointy using an ordinary pencil sharpener.
I think that already exists. My mother is a professional drafter (I hope that’s the correct word). She uses these erasers.
Damn! I spent 30 minutes trying to find this and couldn’t.
Hey ho
P
I guess I didn’t mean this:
http://www.cultpens.com/acatalog/Faber-Castell_Perfection_Eraser_Pencils.html
ie a wooden pencil with a rubber core. I was hoping to make the whole thing as a rubber pencil (for cheapness).
Ah, found one: http://www.cultpens.com/acatalog/Faber_Castell_Grip_2001.html
I’m pretty sure I remember using some various other ones in my childhood as well.
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Anne
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P