Did pencils ever contain lead?

Have you ever wondered what’s the origin of pencils and which was the initial material they were made of back in 1500?

Modern pencils owe it all to an ancient Roman writing instrument called a “stylus” and some early styluses were made of lead.

However,  they soon started to be made of graphite, firstly, due to the discovery of a large graphite deposit in Borrowdale, England in 1564, as well as  for leaving a darker mark than lead.