I thought you, lover of pencil boxes and their collection of tools and other oddments, might enjoy this. I know I did!
An extract from A A Milne’s Christopher Robin Gives Pooh a Party.
“When Pooh saw what it was, he nearly fell down, he was so pleased. It was a Special Pencil Case. There were pencils in it marked “B” for Bear, and pencils marked “HB “ for Helping Bear, and pencils marked “BB” for Brave Bear. There was a knife for sharpening the pencils, …

In the past I’ve tried getting myself those fancy metal pencil boxes, ultimately it’s any old box that you find that really sticks.
I found my cardboard box at work and it became my pencil holder. That was more than a year ago. This little fella is still alive and kicking, though a bit frayed and all. My pencil box is pretty much the same size as my sketchbook. I sometimes rubberband them together and when I don’t want to carry my pencil box, I stick my pen in the plastic …

I emptied mine out and here’s what I’ve found. Pencil scrapings, eraser dust, scraps of hair and other unmentionables not included.

The Box has evolved. It really has. I picked it up  at Primary Art Supply, Savannah, GA (the absolute HUB of art supply (I won’t call it stationery. There’s a difference!) for us in art school at SCAD. I’ve never seen an awesomer, more well organised store. It has EVERYTHING. Drop by there sometime and see for yourself.)
The Box was then pristine, clean and smelt of freshly scraped balsa wood. …