Pencil Keep

These are real nice. There are six in the box and I used four of them to go by my lathe, my bandsaw, my drill press, and my belt sander because we all know that every time we need a pencil there's not one to be found anywhere in the shop. I hung on to the remaining two in case I find other locations where the pencils will come in handy. I don't know how they will hold up in the long term with a lot of use, but if they begin to fail to hold the pencils I'll revise my review, otherwise... five stars for an ingenious little workshop helper.

If you work with lumber, you know about those marvelous flat pencils that don't roll whn you put them down. Here's a great way to find and keep them in one place.
Upon examination, they are made with a 3D printer and done well! Each one is a gem with just the right amount of flexibility. They come with 3M adhesive tabs to stick them where they are needed. I put one on my Worx Pegasus.

If you're like me and struggling to stay organized, these help a lot! I've stuck them everywhere and anywhere I use carpenter pencils and now I'm not scrambling to find one all the time. I used to go through a pack a week because I'd lose them, or they'd go through the wash in my pocket. Now I have these pencil stations, which I've tied the pencils to with a bit of string, and no more missing pencils! Brilliant. The adhesive is holding up well, they're plenty sticky

First off, this is a fantastic idea. Anytime I'm working on something in my basement workshop, I feel like I spend half my time trying to find where I put the pencil I was just holding. I stuck one of these on each my main tools and put its own pencil there, and now there's always one right where I need it! It's been a few weeks and it's been working out great!

Just a note, it says its for carpenter pencils, but I prefer to use #2 pencils for marking and they fit just fine.

The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that they're 3D printed and the clips that hold the pencil in feel very delicate - none have broken so far, but I'm not sure they'll stand up to repeated use for a long time... and they're fairly expensive for what they are to have to replace them often. We'll see how they hold up.

It may not be much, but it's definitely going to make working in my workshop easier. I'm constantly losing pencils. I know it's my own fault, but that doesn't make finding lots of partially used pencils any less annoying, especially right after I sharpened a new one. Being bright orange means I can put them in strategic places, and I will add checking them to my monthly maintenance list. I can instantly see where they are supposed to be, which will make finding them easier. I'll also start using orange pencils, so I can see if I put them back. Something so simple makes the job so much easier. I suspect I'll order more, so I can put some in the worktrucks as well.