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.

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 ...

browsing on pencils.com, discovered that the Blackwing—black, with a distinctive flat eraser—had come back on the market. Devotees of the Blackwing had been paying up to forty dollars apiece ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This week’s column gives me an opportunity to tell her what I want for Christmas: A dozen Blackwing pencils that will cost her $19.95, plus shipping. If she is feeling especially generous ...