By 2001, Blackwing pencils that had originally sold for 50 ... and substituted a white eraser for the original pink one. Since he believed the "Half the pressure" slogan to be nonsensical ...

After a decade in which people were getting $30 per pencil on eBay, a small company called Palomino figured out how to reproduce the texture of the Blackwing ... because the pink rubber eraser ...

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 ...

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 ...

Previously: • First impression of the new Blackwing pencil • Hand-making 1,000 pencils from pallet wood • $6,400 for 32 ...

Well, if you’re tired of taking a digital note, The James Brand and Blackwing have teamed up to offer an analog solution: their brand-new Pencil Set. The humble writing apparatus is getting a 21st ...

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 ...

And if you’re really going to do it right, you’ll want that pencil to be a Blackwing. (Another fun fact about Sondheim: He was a known fan of writing with Blackwings, and it’s said that he ...

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 ...