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 ...

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 ...

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.

As part of their Volumes series, the time-honored pencil brand Blackwing has created a comic-themed pencil called the Blackwing 64. Why 64? Pencils are normally numbered to tell them apart ...

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 ...

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 ...

A company in Stockton believes pencils could change the world. In a time where technology dominates, Blackwing wants to inspire everyone to tap into the art of slowing down. "By slowing down ...

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 ...

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 ...