Some say that the pencil was inspired by the humble writing twigs used in ancient Mesopotamia, while some say the first pencils originated high in the mountains of the Himalayas; others still insist the pencil always existed, it simply needed to be discovered. Here at Whiskey River Soap, we don’t really concern ourselves with all that history mumbo-jumbo, we’re too busy thinking up comedic quips for our made-in-USA pencil sets.