Kids' creativity, as measured by the most recent Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking scores, has been sliding since 1990, most noticeably among our younger students. Reduced music and arts education is cited as a key factor.
I like to use the 'demolition grade' blades. They ll cut wood, metal, plaster, wire, or pretty much anything you d care to throw at them. They're made from decent carbon steel that will take and hold an edge rather well. When bought in packs of a dozen, they can be had for about a buck each.
In the manufacture of pens, the use of the term âresinâ usually implies a material of higher quality than the more plebeian polystyrene or ABS that low-priced pens are made from. Low-priced pens are made of thermoplastic resins that are injection molded to shape.