Just a list of the things that annoy me about the different places that make good pencils.

• American pencils has that dumb eraser at the top that is useless and everyone hates.
• European pencils are scratchy and hard. Plus they always come pre-sharpened something I hate.
• Japanese pencils are in general my favourite. Blackwing are basically Americanised Japanese pencils. But they put that terrible plastic thing at the top that is a pain to remove if you want to sharpen both sides.