The cam-shaped design allows you to change the distance of your mark by rotating the pencil as you move it along an edge or surface.

HandyScribe is great for trim, cabinets, countertops, flooring, tile, woodworking, metal fabrication, welding, DIY projects, and many other applications where accurate marking or scribing is needed.

Depending on the core you choose, HandyScribe can mark wood, drywall, tile, granite, metal, and many other common construction and fabrication materials.

Graphite is an excellent everyday choice for woodworking and general marking. Red and Silver are wax-based and work especially well on tile, granite, metal, and other surfaces where traditional graphite may be difficult to see. Silver is highly visible on darker materials and is especially useful for metalwork.

Our Red and Silver wax-based cores are designed to hold up much better on wet surfaces, making them especially useful when working with tile and stone.

Not at all. HandyScribe was designed with professionals in mind, but it's simple enough for DIYers, homeowners, makers, and anyone who wants an easier way to scribe and mark materials.

For many common scribing jobs, no. That's the beauty of HandyScribe—the pencil itself is the scribing tool.

The unique cam shape allows you to rotate the pencil to create different offsets, approximately 1/8" to 7/16".

Yes. HandyScribe can be sharpened when needed, just like a traditional carpenter-style pencil.