It starts with a block of cedar which is then cut into slats.
The slats are then stained and grooves are cut into one surface.
Prepared leads are placed into the grooves and a second slat is placed on top and bonded with the first (6).
This 'pencil sandwich' is then passed through a milling process to separate the individual pencils (8).
The pencil is painted and finished, a ferrule crimped onto the end and finally an eraser is crimped into the ferrule