A pencil case can also contain a variety of other stationery such as sharpeners, pens, glue sticks, erasers, scissors, and rulers.
Pencil cases can be made from a variety of materials such as wood or metal.
Some pencil cases have a hard and rigid shell encasing the pens inside, while others use a softer material such as plastic, leather or cotton.
Early pencil cases were round or cylindrical in shape.
[1] The first recorded instance of a Pencil case being used was in Congress in 1858 by Augustus C.