The World Record of ‘largest pencil’ has been achieved by Ashrita Furman from Queens, New York, USA.

An international group of volunteers led by Ashrita Furman have constructed a Seventy Six (76) foot long pencil, the longest pencil in the world. The pencil weighs in at over 18,000 pounds, with a 2 1/2 foot long eraser at its end. The ‘lead’ alone weighs over 4,500 pounds, and is made using a graphite core 10 inches thick, which had to be sharpened at the end using a powerful Sawzall reciprocating electric saw instead of your average pencil sharpener. The pencil was built out of 8,000 wooden boards, a 10-inch graphite piece, and a 200 pound pink eraser. Fifty gallons of paint were needed to finish off the outside of the pencil. In all, an estimated two million regular pencils could be made out of the materials used in the construction. Forty volunteers from twenty different countries spent two weeks constructing the pencil, working 12-14 hours every day with the occasional night shift. The giant pencil is now stands at the St. Louis MO City Museum, USA.