These rounded, shiny-smooth, perfectly straight sticks are shaped entirely by hand in what is an exacting and time-consuming process. In addition, Chen had to come up with a way to hang them in brown packing paper while drying so that they would keep their shape in spite of being cast without the benefit of a form.
這種圓潤均整、筆直光滑的墨棒完全以手工搓成，極費心力，又沒有模具可供固定，為了讓墨棒在陰乾過程中不變形，陳嘉德想出用牛皮紙吊掛，藉以維持筆直的方法。