We were tidying up the downstairs office yesterday (wow, two offices), and I stumbled upon this gem, straight from my childhood: An Apsco Giant. Just sitting there in a drawer! Unused!

So many memories of school. The familiar buzz and whir of metal on metal. The smell of graphite and wood shavings. The tidy bouquet of sharpened pencils.

Now, it's mounted neatly on the wall next to my desk, forever at hand to refine a supreme writing instrument.