This would be a folding pencil that folds in half so that it can fit in a smaller space. It might lead to a whole line of things that can be folded, for which there is not much need to fold.
-- JesusHChrist, Dec 16 2014

Folding pen http://custom-promo...pens-are-least.html
[pocmloc, Dec 16 2014]

Would a flexible pencil do? http://www.aliexpre...exible-pencils.html
[Canuck, Dec 17 2014]

golf pencils are the right size http://www.waresdir...Wz8ICFSgQ7Aod_1wAXg
[xandram, Dec 18 2014]

Ummm, you do know that there is a long history of collapsible (ie, telescopic) pencils?
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Dec 16 2014


Do you ink it might also lead to a pen version?
-- the porpoise, Dec 16 2014


Telescopes, now, they're bulky, and largely empty....
-- bs0u0155, Dec 16 2014


Also there is a big difference between telescoping and folding. You just try to focus on a distant object using a large fold.
-- pocmloc, Dec 16 2014


You mean like the way prismatic binoculars fold the optical path ... ?
-- 8th of 7, Dec 16 2014


This would be useful for sharp things that don't write.
-- Ling, Dec 16 2014


Did Occam's razor fold ? I doubt it did.
-- popbottle, Dec 16 2014


Might have been a straight razor...
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Dec 16 2014


Please fold my chainsaw. The chain teeth always get entangled with some rope or the trousers.
-- Toto Anders, Dec 17 2014


Inflatable electric folding pencil.
-- tatterdemalion, Dec 17 2014


Binoculars don't fold the light, they reflect it.
-- pocmloc, Dec 17 2014


The Galvanic Lucifer? Combined stick of graphite and torch, easy with that aqua regia Eugene.
-- not_morrison_rm, Dec 17 2014



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