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These pencils were loved down to the very last nub

Mar 24, 2026
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Pencil stub (Robyn Mackenzie/shutterstock.com)

An Instagram collection of pencils sharpened and used until almost nothing remains — just fingertip-sized stubs, some barely long enough to hold. The photos show dozens of them: gnawed, tapered, wrapped in tape for extra grip, and worn down to where the eraser ferrule is all that’s left. Yellow No. 2s, flat …

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