A useful thing, hard, firm, and white, outside in shaggy robe bedight;...

A useful thing, hard, firm, and white, outside in shaggy robe bedight;
Hallowed within right cleverly, it goes to work both white and dry.
When after labor it comes back, you'll find it moist and very black;
for service it is ready ever, and fails the hand that guides it never.

Answer: Pen.

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