I found these really thin mechanical pencils. They work well enough but are too slim to be comfortable for extended use. I got a few thinking I’ll see if I can do an overlay for them.

This is my experimental effort with the shortest of the three I got. The overlay is Bamboo shaped with a knife. The carving is done with a Dremel tool. I wasn’t sure how easy or hard carving in Bamboo would be (its pretty hard to control well!) and how the various cutters would react to the material.

Mechanical Pencil with Bamboo Overlay

Lounging in the sun!!!