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Last minute gifts for the holidays!

We have a great selection of on-sale items for you this holiday season for the art lovers in your life! Check out the Smencils — scented pencils! Made from recycled newspaper, each pencil in the set is infused with a scent! Black Cherry,…

This week in pencils, Dec. 4 to Dec. 9

Each week, we want to bring you some of the best posts on the pencil blogosphere. This week, in no particular order:1. Field Notes introduces "Balsam Fir" limited edition notebook — Field NotesOkay, so we like cedar here at Pencils.com, but…

Holiday Greetings from Pencils.com

We here at Pencils.com love the holidays. Of course we love to be with family, celebrate the year-end (and what a year it’s been!) and have delicious foods, but it gives us pause to reflect on what we do. We maintain that pencils are more…

This Week in Pencils, Nov. 27 to Dec. 3

1. Are you a Pencil Person? — Rhodia DriveStephanie from Rhodia Drive, a blog dedicated to the beautiful little orange notebooks, is looking for tips on how to keep a point on her pencil after extended use.2. Rad and HungryPart travel blog,…

Re-Creating a Lead Legend

Our hometown paper The Stockton Record published a front page article titled Re-Creating a Lead Legend this morning. The article includes an interview with me and as well as comments from Doug Martin of the American Pencil Collectors Society…

Palomino Blackwing: Special Edition Gift Set

I am pleased to announce that we have received just in time for the holidays our new Palomino Blackwing Special Edition Gift Set, now available exclusively on Pencils.com. This is a beautiful new desktop set which includes a gorgeous natural…

Reviving the Blackwing: November Update

Unfortunately, I've been rather quiet lately on our progress with the Palomino Blackwing. Now that I've had a chance to catch up following my recent international travels I felt today would be a good time for a quick update on our progress for…

What I Think About Pencils…

I remember growing up and having various passions. I loved to wake up on a Saturday morning and sit in the back seat while my parents drove me to a sporting event. Sports took up a majority of my time when I was not in school. I can remember…

A visit to Beijing Fila Dixon Stationery Company

Typically I visit our pencil slat production facility in Tianjin, China about this time of year for our annual operations review and budget planning sessions. This year I have the added enjoyment of being accompanied by my 23 year old son Philip…

Thunder Goes Pink

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This weekend (Nov. 5-7), the Stockton Thunder hockey team will host their 5th annual Pink Weekend. All proceeds from the event will benefit the American Cancer Society - Stockton Field Office and the St. Joseph’s Foundation - Breast Cancer…