>You can make a straightforward pencil manually with a little effort. Step 1: Find a graphite mine. Making anything without the benefit of the market is stagg

>You can make a straightforward pencil manually with a little effort. Step 1: Find a graphite mine. Making anything without the benefit of the market is staggeringly difficult. Knitting a sweater is easy. Raising your own sheep, shearing your own wool, washing, picking, carding, roving and spinning your own yarn is immensely difficult.