Pencil Pusher
“ | Shoot son, you all slow as molasses.
Click to listen
— The Engineer on the enemy's intellect
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The Pencil Pusher is a community-created cosmetic item for the Engineer. It removes the Engineer's default hard hat, giving him thinning grey hair and a pencil tucked behind his right ear.
The Pencil Pusher was contributed to the Steam Workshop.
Contents
Update history
October 13, 2011 Patch #1 (Manniversary Update & Sale)
- The Pencil Pusher was added to the game.
- [Undocumented] The Pencil Pusher no longer falls off on death.
- [Undocumented] The Pencil Pusher is no longer marked as paintable.
- [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.
- Updated the
equip_region
for The Pencil Pusher.
- Updated the
equip_region
for The Pencil Pusher. - [Undocumented] Updated the item type of the Pencil Pusher.
July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
Bugs
- The upper half of the hair is misplaced slightly above the goggles, exposing a thin line of the Engineer's default bald head.
Trivia
- "Pencil pusher" is a slang term for a person with a clerical job involving a lot of tedious and repetitive paperwork.
- The item's description is a reference to the phrase "measure twice, cut once", a term often used in carpentry. More generally, the phrase refers to planning and preparing in a careful manner before taking action.
Gallery
Pencil Pusher as seen in the Manniversary Update.
The Engineer wearing the Pencil Pusher on the main menu.
- Pencil Pusher misplaced hair.jpg
The back of the hair, showing how the upper half is misplaced above the goggles.
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