Here’s a tip to always keep your marking pen and pencil handy:
I put my marking pen and pencil in a double-sided pencil extender, around 100 mm long. then, I run a thin string through an eyebolt attached to the roof over my workbench. I adjust the length of the string so it will allow me to reach and use the pencil and the pencil and marker always hang in the same place, easy to find and to reach.
– Mats Fransson
Skövde, Sweden