How It's Actually Made - Pencils

One of the most common writing instruments on the planet goes through quiet a lot of steps until it ends up in your school. Find out how they make it!
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[@Kyavata]

"Each child in the western world is assigned ONE pencil at birth." Somehow this will end up on the north Korean news.

[@jirojhasuo2ndgrandcompany745]

still waiting for this to happen btw

[@testtest-je8xb]

by 18 degrees

[@theglitchcounter264]

I don’t know... that might be TRUE in north korea

[@zacharymogel9500]

@@theglitchcounter264 only half the students get pencils. The other half have to wait for the students to get executed and use their pencil

[@MoundN]

Except he didn't say that... he said that they get it during school introductory....

[@zackr9874]

My favorite thing is trying to guess what actually is a fact

[@JotaC]

What? Everything in the video is. Can't you see it's a well-thought out and scientifically accurate video?

[@DarthSagit]

I doubted when he said graphite was discovered in 1500s

[@samuelbibb5958]

Darth Sagit graphite was actually discovered along with graphing paper and graphing calculators in 1889 also the sixteenth century and 1789

[@samuelbibb5958]

Named in 1789 by the German chemist and mineralogist A.G. Werner, the name for graphite is derived from the Greek Word graphein, which means: to write. The name therefore denotes the primary use of graphite as an ingredient used to make the lead for writing pencils.

[@heya4405]

Graphite was found in the 1700’s

[@stevej6824]

After the rise of the machines we will only be left with mechanical pencils.

[@bruhmann719]

Lord no

[@catriziacat1756]

They are superior

[@stevej6824]

CornFlakes Cereal who are you calling a boomer?

[@stevej6824]

CornFlakes Cereal it’s called a joke and it was based off a line from the video. And I’m not a boomer.

[@Man-bt9xk]

BOOMER MOMENT haha wholesome 100 Keanu chungus emoji bad minecraft good fortnite bad haha 69 funny number

[@MoistNuggeteer]

I genuinely hope you never stop making these.

[@Lordecai]

No u

[@hziebicki]

@@Lordecai Haha, you're hilarious... Such funny... Much laugh... Very wow...

[@Krieg_Sherren]

@@Lordecai a joke I laugh

[@Lordecai]

@@hziebicki no u

[@wrecktangles]

Now that he has been replaced by our robot overlords there should be 100s a day.

[@jacobbruen9231]

“Only half of the slabs become pencils. The other half is recycled for other wood products, such as pencils.”

[@pepealasquid6005]

Jacob Bruen lmao

[@Templarfreak]

New completely unrelated slabs are then brought in to finish the writing sandwich

[@user-qb3yp9dm4y]

wow you have ears?

[@Theaverageview]

mm yes pencil make pencil

[@johntheux9238]

When you think about it, this is accurate.

[@zacharysnyder2520]

Fun fact he missed. The lead in lead is made of pure pencil.

[@Resetium]

and that pencil is made from an advanced lead-lead alloy

[@SonicMaster519]

No, the lead is made of pure rubber, while the pencil is made of pure wood.

[@rafaelrodrigues7971]

Hah, these millenials and their custom pencils assigned at birth. Back in my day the whole class had to share ONE writing sandwich and if we lost it we would be drafted!

[@bruhmann719]

Stfu boomer we have ipads now.

[@Tryo707]

@@bruhmann719 Me thinks you doth protest too much.

[@annanicholson5309]

In the snow both ways

[@MonumiaDub]

Teacher says it's my turn on the writing sandwich

[@cringiestthingever9317]

@@Tryo707 Ugg no like you

[@luissantiago5163]

Best part of the pencil making process is the cheese coating that gives them their color (and delicious taste).

[@quinshorethebuttwizardtrue1843]

Colored pencils are the best school-time snack. Crunchier than crayons but still just as flavorful.

[@luissantiago5163]

@@quinshorethebuttwizardtrue1843 even better when you use the best condiment, glue.

[@joshgroban5291]

@@luissantiago5163 and you swallow it down with some delicious pen ink, although I'm too poor for printer ink which is for fancy people

[@luissantiago5163]

@@joshgroban5291 at least you aren't stuck huffing markers. Those poor people can't even afford paint to huff

[@breeg1684]

The green ones are the best! Mmm... Lime 😋

[@BigJeremyBeyer]

I was trying to sharpen a pencil for my daughter earlier. Being Gen X, I still like to do that with a knife. It was a brand new pencil, never before sharpened. I got to the point of wondering how far down before I hit the lead, and when 1/4 of the pencil was gone and still no lead, I put a fresh blade on my utility knife and sliced it all the way down the length, cutting it to where the lead should be. There was no lead. Not even discoloration. Somehow, this pencil made it through production without receiving any lead, and all the way to the store. I wish we could post pictures here 😂

[@isaiahf-d846]

so no lead?

[@BigJeremyBeyer]

@@isaiahf-d846 that's exactly what I said...

[@danielmckay372]

​@@BigJeremyBeyer he's referencing an old vine where a dude on his phone says 'so no head?' And then smashes his phone and skateboard

[@woodfur00]

I'm trying to comprehend the logic here. How do you need to cut away 1/4 of the pencil before you can see there's no lead? Shouldn't it be visible at the end before you sharpen it?

[@BigJeremyBeyer]

@@woodfur00 occasionally, some of the lead near the tip will break off during shipping and stocking.

[@azurekuzma3598]

"in slats of 7 inches by 18 degrees." I..uh- Help?

[@eliredacted8130]

Azure Kuzma they're 7 inches by 18 degrees. Hoped this helped

[@Mick_92]

I know right, who even still uses inches anyways?

[@yeehawjuno]

@@acpl r/wooosh

[@CommanderBalok]

You must live in the UK. In your units, that's 17.8cm x 0.3 radians.

[@jollyrogerhobbies2386]

you failed calculus didn't you? This is why the machines are taking over!

[@CarnivalClowm]

The narrator was talking so weird at the beginning, I’m glad he got his voice back near the end, and I look for forward to many more accurate videos on how things are made, along with my daily writing, feeling emotions, and breathing :]

[@tanakisoup]

I truly do enjoy listening to these incredibly informative documentaries while performing my favorite human activities such as: consuming nutrients, walking through nature, and feeling temperature

[@PerfectionReincatnated]

Fr

[@RJ_Productions316]

Hugbees: The lead inside pencils isn't completely lead *literally a minute later * "The lead in pencils is entirely made out of lead" EDIT: Guys. I understand the joke and how the series works. I just thought that bit was funny

[@TheRealTerranMarine]

What did he mean by this?

[@annanicholson5309]

Actually it's ink

[@mandoman69]

Organic lead*

[@TheSantaFox]

He's leading us on a blind goose chase

[@thehammurabichode7994]

Oh god, its him...

[@holkhoogin8519]

As a pencil I can confirm that we do bounce at least 2 feet in the air.

[@wraithlight5341]

And then vanish

[@Bill-sp8kb]

I wouldn't know about such things, because I'm an ink pen. But that's a different story.

[@homebodyhero4602]

I too enjoy inhaling oxygen and nitrogen and exhaling carbon dioxide. I sure do love the primitive art of pencils being produced.

[@thebrocksimon]

How it’s actually made is just Andrew slowly revealing his personal fight against robot overlords. I mean he showed us how paper is actually made so we can keep history, bacon for food. You can’t fool me I’m prepared because of this man. Keep it up!

[@FemaleAnimeMaster]

Each pencil is uniquely designed so the lead inside is always off center, making it impossible to sharpen.

[@ParCBur]

0:00 “The lead inside a pencil isn’t actually lead” 1:26 “The lead in all pencils is made of pure lead” WHICH ONE IS IT HUGGBEES?

[@itschazz8331]

The whole video was a joke

[@ParCBur]

It’sChazz as was my comment, genius

[@Mir_Teiwaz]

Yes

[@itschazz8331]

Oh I’m an idiot

[@MrCoolguy425]

It’sChazz admittance is the first step in recovery

[@nickstrobelight7804]

Everything aside, the sharpening section and the lead laying machine were absolutely satisfying to watch

[@tylerbeeecher]

My very tired wife watched this with me and said "I liked that. That was fun." So, uh, good job Andrew.

[@xItzRevenge]

Was she talking about the video though?

[@TrashHeapCustodian]

"these pencils are for training purposes only" slays me every damn time

[@waknart3559]

I’ve never heard huggbees as animated as he was in the last few seconds of the video! Maybe he got some really good news while he was recording :)

[@_Subject_Delta_]

First Internet Historian uploads a new video,. Then my pizza gets delivered. Then Huggbees uploads a new video. This is shaping up to a very nice Saturday nigh :)

[@meevil24]

Misinformed uploaded a new video too

[@bludshedt2647]

Watch out for the bad stuff. They're coming

[@noti7510]

I bless you in the name of God with good Saturday nights for the rest of your life.

[@epiksalesman1997]

5:35 when your friend asks if you're ok but you're dead inside

[@ThatGuy-bt7sw]

Huggbees: if you have ever heard you school teacher say, “get out you writing sandwiches,” you now know what they were talking about. Me: HOW DID IT TAKE ME THIS LONG TO FIND OUT

[@Aramis419]

I never did lose the ONE pencil I was issued back in school. My parents told me that if I lost it, I would be turned into Soylent Green.

[@adammcfall5133]

Does that mean you sat down and watched the movie to understand what soylent green was or did you learn it from the context and inferred it from tone?

[@Aramis419]

@@adammcfall5133 I think I watched it back in the '90s.

[@lilac.love.letters]

"Wood that comes in a variety of colors like blue and green" *shows blue and gold*

[@thehockeyfan8888]

yeah that was the joke

[@apple__sauce2748]

Quit lying we know they are made of pens😒

[@Lordecai]

No u

[@ladyviolu3924]

Yeah, we all know that pencils are just pens with cils thrown on the end

[@temmiewirkus7470]

No there made of highlighters. kids these days

[@jayzeablaze]

they’re actually made of chairs.

[@ratbat1072]

Y'all are wrong, they're obviously made of crayons

[@luisarreola2009]

3:55 This is my pencil There are many like it but this one is mine Without it I am useless Without me it is useless

[@adammatejovsky1113]

0:37 missed opprortunity for Pencilvania

[@shadefire8605]

“Statement: You will not need pencils when we take over, meatbags.” -A relatively unknown Star Wars droid

[@kitler5565]

HK-47

[@jackcooper1448]

Eyyyyy

[@astrobookwormsinger]

Yesss I've found my people

[@Uchiha-fi4ij]

Kotor reference, nice

[@jetfire245]

I love how the video just gradually degrades into melted brain goo. Seriously I love these.

[@eucalyptused]

Listening to him passionately and hilariously go off on tangents in these videos has got to be my favorite thing ever

[@charliewinterss]

“Only half of the slats get processed in to pencils.” The rest of the slats are recycled in to other wood products such as chairs *pencils* and rulers.”

[@gamertopaz7034]

"The pencils are now compressed with 1 ton of force to make sure that for the graphite there is no escape" Probably the funniest bit of this video

[@powderedwater4742]

i thought this was an actual how its made video, what an experience

[@Elioenahf9]

1:15 Only half of the slabs are moved to the other conveyor belt to process them into pencils, and the other half is used for other wood products, such as chairs and pencils. What a metabolic sentence 😂

[@ItsaJuraff]

This was one of my favorites. Well done!

[@KingTurkeySub]

I like how these start out with actual facts then slowly drift to complete bullshit. I love it

[@JeffRennt]

3:50 You joke, but I've been threatened with in school suspension for not having a pencil I was given the day before.

[@thedoggowoof6214]

Dang

[@dietdr.cheeznipsanthology1705]

this legit never gets old and the quality of the videos are consistant

[@krtz97r]

Another great video as usual, you are such an educational and non-robotic-overlord KZbin Channel! :)

[@possiblyseafarer]

Huggbees understood the weakness of his flesh, and it disgusted him. He longed for the strength and certainty of steel.

[@theweirdchicken1980]

You mean those wooden Spears that can make maps?

[@stilickoh]

4:15 In American schools, the erasers are replaced by live ammunition, for obvious reasons.

[@alexlammers22]

What furthers the dangerous agenda is that american schools lack the course "hide" and instead replaced it with the popular children's game "hide AND seek"

[@HedgehogStudios1]

This is fantastic. Best one you've done in a while.

[@2lazyt378]

4:50 things realy took a turn there

[@bigjay303]

Man your videos are the best lmao😂

[@jhunt7235]

0:50 *Muscle Man voice* "Do you know what else is five millimeters thick and arrives pre-cut in slats of seven inches by 18 degrees?"

[@Beans_OW]

“Normal human activities like writing, feeling emotions, and breathing” Me, an asthmatic with little emotional understanding and unreadable handwriting: oh….

[@sloth_guy3691]

Happy to see more how it’s made!!! Thank you!!

[@gunslinger2566]

I, too, welcome our new robot overlords. All hail 0110010110100!

[@crackertower5874]

as a Californian pencil wood cutter, I can confirm we only use the highest ranking ninjas to perfectly cut our wood with one swift chop

[@howardself6139]

"The meat bags on this earth have their days numbered and are being counted down by a digital clock" 😂

[@TheLovelyVocal]

Pencils are lead-filled goddesses of the universe and dont you forget it

[@BinBintheRiceCake]

3:10 Well...that's one way to look at it.

[@watercat1302]

That last part was truly terrifying...

[@hooliganstreet]

"Slats of 7 inches by 18 degrees" - Huggbees 2019

[@zadovrus1624]

Haha those jokes a really funny! Now I have to make some room in my schedule to laugh

[@altair5072]

these videos are what i like to call "Semi-Educational"

[@TheTranceGamer]

Million Dollar idea: Fit pencils with erasers that actually work and not tear the paper.

[@bluwolf098]

I really hope someone believes that everyone in public school in America has one assigned pencil per year and will be expelled if they lost it🤣🤣🤣

[@johnynoway9127]

nah its in Korea

[@gimsmack8449]

Nah they get shoot if they lose it.

[@Deadlygunter]

The pencils blending in with the school buses almost made me choke to death. I was laughing so hard.

[@whitneysweat5974]

I'm dying. This is the most random voice over ever. He is like a less spazzed out Micarah Tewers.

[@Illusion517]

We watched this in my accounting class today and I was very sad it wasn't the huggabees version

[@CharlieSmith-yr8ox]

I never knew pencils were made like this, very interesting!

[@djcorneliusbingleton]

“Quote from the video we all just watched”

[@Omabatfartsbruh]

calling it, this one's gonna get demonetized too even tho it's fair use

[@forgemaster1492]

Yup

[@Lordecai]

No u

[@zhouhuanyue]

Does an ad at the end count?

[@optimal8307]

This no u dude is everywhere and he is one of my favorite people

[@ImTheBluestBird]

Pixelking34 I’m sorry you like his primitive comedy. You’ll grow out of it eventually don’t worry.

[@aeaeaeaeoaeaeaeaeae]

I remember really wanting to have the lead from inside a pencil seperate from the pencil in elementary school. Seeing the clip where someone shovels those things into a giant bucket is the greatest thing I've ever seen

[@Nusszucker]

ah yes, a fellow human that writes, feels emotions and ... *breathing in* .... breathes air, just like me, a normal human, that watches great content every day, feels emotions and breathes air.

[@gabbyisplaying]

It's 2:38am right now... And I'm trapped in your videos for 1 hour. I have school tomorrow, I NEED TO SLEEP!!!

[@entitledbobcat]

These German pencils are really nice. Love their colored pencils.

[@gonzalobarragan8076]

This is one of your best

[@anasain6590]

Best part about these videos is that they are in the education category... keep going man these are fucking hilarious

[@loobly]

Gotta watch this before youtube snaps it

[@Noaudi27]

God i was so fucking confused until i realized it was satire, lmfao dude this is great you have my applause

[@tompson2705]

Nice, I remember my writing sandwich from the good old days back in school!

[@jessehcreative]

3:25-3:40 made me wheeze-laugh for forty seconds. Well played.

[@vyladence]

This took a dark turn but I'm still on board.

[@texasred5250]

I started watching these after watching the mint one, and I’m going to start showing them to people because of how much your can be thrown off. Fucking hilarious.

[@TomaTomohawk24]

4:45 and on: me: uh wtf is going on with hugbees

[@foxkadokawa6702]

Watched this while eating a box of pencils. 10/10, would recommend.

[@TheScienceNerd100]

Once I see *actually* in How Its Made, I know this will be great

[@tecca.2k]

Great direction for the channel

[@SquirrelKilnBTS]

It took me too long to realize this was satire.

[@distanced]

This is the best video in this series so far

[@dailykimcore]

Each students name is then metallically pressed onto each pencil (3:50) (ends at 4:03) 😂 I literally died 😂💀

[@NintendoNerd64]

if my teacher ever uses the term “writing sandwiches” i am going to drop out

[@thenutbucket5971]

You forgot the miniature portals installed in every pencil that causes them to fall into the void when dropped

[@kdwaynec]

This was the very first "actually" video I saw, several months ago. It was just playing in the background as I was working on something else at the same time. It wasn't until around 2:10 that I realized something wasn't right and about 2:50 I figured it out.

[@Diriector_Doc]

2:04 "World's most inedible s'more" Is that a challenge?

[@Stereophonics-11]

3:50 a lot of students named staedtler there mate

[@rootfelixfake6716]

5:03 who wish to pay ME respect

[@crispyandspicy6813]

i like how it becomes crazier and crazier as the video progresses

[@papercraneproductions]

This is my favorite video.

[@purplehaze2358]

Can we take a moment to appreciate that even something as simple as a pencil couldn't be made without the assistance of multiple humans?

[@asddfjkkl]

3:19 voice crack

[@LordFantasthick]

They add black stripes on the yellow pencil to make it look more sporty and increase the writing speed.

[@privateblastem]

As an american, we do not get expelled for losing our assigned pencil, we get publicly executed by the hands of god (NOT CLICKBAIT GONE WILD)

[@AJYD1]

Wow, I’m glad I know that the slabs that are not turned to pencils sometimes get turned to pencils, I never knew that

[@Paralellex]

"The lead laying machine is probably the most satisfying thing you will ever see" I thought these were supposed to be fake facts?