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Blackwing Awards at Haggin Museum

The Blackwing Awards at the Haggin Museum

The Blackwing Awards at the Haggin Museum Left: Marisela Serrano, a second grader at Mable Barron Elementary and her work. Right: Panchaniet Seng, a twelfth grader at Cesar Chavez High School with her work. Pencils.com's mission to support…
Japanese Disaster Help

Pencils.com Helps Japanese Disaster Victims

Note: This is republished from WoodChuck's personal blog about the pencil industry, Timberlines. See the original post and comment thread by clicking here. Pencils.com Helps Japanese Disaster Victims We were greatly disturbed to see the tragic…
Blackwing Erasers

Reviving the Blackwing: March Update

Note: This is republished from WoodChuck's personal blog about the pencil industry, Timberlines. See the original post and comment thread by clicking here. Reviving the Blackwing: March Update Okay, Blackwing fans, we have a few new developments…

How to Use the Palomino-KUM Long Point Sharpener

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Folks love the Palomino-KUM and Blackwing long point sharpeners. They both use a unique two-step sharpening process that creates a long, fine point, but we sometimes have customers asking us how it works. We hope this video clears up the process…

Reviving the Blackwing: February Update

Reviving the Blackwing: February Update It's been almost three full months since my November update so I thought it was about time to bring our fans up to date with a number of interesting and exciting developments with our Palomino Blackwing…

The Pencil: A Symbol of Estonia’s National Heritage

The Pencil: A Symbol of Estonia's National Heritage Several days ago, NPR's All Things Considered featured a story (link opens audio story in new window) by Planet Money's Chana Joffee-Walt about Estonia joining the Euro Zone and consequently,…
Kids in Need

Pencils.com Likes to Give Back: Kids in Need and OiC

Pencils.com Likes to Give Back: Kids in Need and OiC "We at Operation International Children are deeply grateful to Pencils.com, whose generous donations of pencils have helped us create thousands of school supply kits. Distributed by American…
Pencil Vending Machine

Antique 1925 Vendex Pencil Vending Machine

Antique 1925 Vendex Pencil Vending Machine We were recently contacted by Mike Morgan, a pencil collector and enthusiast, who shared a great antique pencil-related piece of equipment with us: a 1925 Vendex Pencil machine! Pencil vending…

Somes uses for lots and lots of pencils

As you may have noticed, Pencils.com is running the Piles of Pencils sale, which includes 20-25% off bulk orders (144 or more) of pencils! This is in addition to the rolling discount you can get when you buy in greater quantities. Because…

Pencils can be an affordable luxury

The Los Angeles Times recently featured an article, "New paper and pen collections to help you write in style". They listed several different products that let you express yourself through your writing tools, including a platinum plated pencil…