It’s just such a nice little object. It’s reassuringly weighty while still light enough to carry everyday. It has one job: it ...

By 2001, Blackwing pencils that had originally sold for 50¢ would change hands on eBay for up to $40. When Berolzheimer learned that the Blackwing trademark had not been renewed, he claimed it ...

Blackwing will be selling a Blackwing 64 pencil 12-pack, and it'll be the features pencil in its Blackwings Volumes subscription program in the second quarter of this year.

The most expensive pencil we tested was the Palomino Blackwing 602, ... Every pencil we tested has an eraser on the end, a No. 2 or HB core, and a wooden, hexagonal barrel.

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 ...

The Blackwing 602 went out of production in 1998; now, on its 80th birthday, everyone from Stephen Sondheim to "Mad Men" to top studio animators have made it one of the industry’s most valuable ...

Ralph Gardner Jr. road tests the Blackwing pencil, a fine instrument made legend by the likes of John Steinbeck, Truman Capote, Leonard Bernstein, animator Chuck Jones and Stephen Sondheim.

Since the pencil’s introduction in the 1930s, the Blackwing has developed a cult following of artists, writers, and designers. Vladimir Nabokov preferred Blackwings for sketching out his novels ...

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 ...

The genius pencil From "Lolita" to "Looney Toons," the Blackwing has been used to create some of the world's most memorable art ...

Palomino HB “This was Palomino’s premium pencil before they made the Blackwing, and they’re just really glossy and beautiful. I actually prefer this one to the Blackwing. I think it has better point ...

Writing with a Blackwing is like swabbing a pad of butter across warm toast. It glides. The Palomino Blackwing 602 is my favorite pencil. Welcome to Senior Week at Gawker Media! Here’s the ...