Since then, Blackwing addicts have had to face the inevitable. “Of all tools,” says DreamWorks Animation’s Jenny Lerew, who blogs about the 602, “a great pencil is meant to be used ...

His company, Berolzheimer wrote, was embarking on a mission to revive what had become known as "the best pencil ever made": the Blackwing 602. Berolzheimer, whose family began making pencils in ...

Fans of the Blackwing 602 pencil, or any connoisseur of fine writing utensils, will enjoy Caroline Weavers' book "The Untold Story of a Cultural Icon." This short book is well researched and full ...

But it costs over twice as much as most writing pencils, and you can’t use it on standardized tests. $32 from Amazon (pack of 12) The Palomino Blackwing 602 is the most expensive pencil we ...

In 1998, the pencil world (yes, there’s a world for that) mourned the end of the “best pencil ever made,” the Blackwing 602 by Eberhard-Faber, used by the likes of Steven Sondheim. California Cedar ...

A ferrule also is one of the more noticeable oddities you'll find on a Blackwing 602 pencil. The tube-like, not-quite-gold-colored metal band is fixed on the end and has clipped to it a flat ...

to celebrate the revival of the artisanal pencil: the Palomino Blackwing and the Palomino Blackwing 602. The host was Charles Berolzheimer, of Cal Cedar, a sixth-generation pencil-maker.

It was George Washington’s. Like John Steinbeck and other notable Pencil People, I too am a devotee of the cult-favorite Palomino Blackwing 602. Famously, Steinbeck began every writing session ...

The Blackwing pencil, made legend by the likes of John Steinbeck, Truman Capote, Leonard Bernstein, animator Chuck Jones and especially Stephen Sondheim, is back. I even got to road test it last week.