Two reasons - (1) I hadn't really thought about it, but I think round is
more comfortable because it feels bigger in my big hands - maybe the flats
on a hexagon reduce the effective diameter. (2) I have a few Wm. Johnson
loose-leg wing dividers and it just seems that a round pencil fits better
when I use one as a compass.

Haven't tried the carpenter's pencils - I just grab something from the borg
because I don't use them very often. For joinery, I use a knife or a .3mm
mechanical pencil with a 2H or HB lead.

Steve in Kokomo

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Daniel Miller 
wrote:

> Curious, why round?
>
> Any idea how their carpenter’s pencils are? I gave up on any available
> locally and order directly from Dixon (medium and hard).
>
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