Pencil Poke Punky Published December 13, 2010 at 2592 × 1952 in Traditional Repair of the Abyssinian Meetinghouse Next → Pencil Poke Punky To determine the amount of rot in the sill, we had to test both the inside and outside faces of the sill along its length. This hole was in the sheathing located in the left bay, and beneath it, the sill succumbed easily to our pencil poke test.