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Blackwing Volumes – Vol. 725 – The Sunburst Pencil

Yesterday, Palomino announced the first Volumes limited edition Blackwing pencil, Vol. 725., exclusively to subscribers of the Volumes program. Today, it's available to non-subscribers, and we have it here on Pencils.com. Below is an excerpt…
Chelsea MFG Co. Blade Sharpener

Vintage Pencil Sharpeners In All Their Glory

Vintage pencil sharpeners are exciting.  Though I never thought I would make that statement, it’s true – old pencil sharpeners vary from sleek and fancy to wild and zany in their designs. Panasonic Pana-Point KP-22A This 1970s pencil…

Pencil History: J.B. Ostrowski’s Aluminum Ferrule

Here's a bit of pencil history for you: before 1964, Pencil eraser ferrules were made with brass because brass had the appropriate strength to hold a pencil with its eraser. Pencil manufacturers opted for the more expensive brass instead of…
Blackwing Volumes Limited Edition Pencils

Blackwing Announces “Volumes” Limited Edition Pencil Program

Yesterday, Blackwing announced "Volumes," a limited edition Blackwing pencil subscription program. Blackwing also informed retailers that each edition will be made available to select retailers once the subscriptions have been sent out and…

The History of the Bullet Pencil

Bullet pencils, as the name suggests, are pencils whose casings are made from spent rifle cartridges. They originated on battlefields in the early nineteenth century, and were sold as souvenirs. .303 British rifle casings were the most commonly…

10 Pencils That Disappeared and Why We Wish They Hadn’t

We’re no strangers to out-of-print pencils.  Many pencils have come and gone over the years – many pencils disappear for good reason.  There are, however, many great pencil models that went out-of-print before their time. (For more information…
Bonded Lead

Obscure Pencil Terms and What They Mean

If you’ve spent time lurking through the Pencil Internet, you’ve probably come across some terms that have made you scratch your head. Like most enthusiast scenes, the pencil world is full of obscure pencil terms and jargon that can intimidate…
Nick Sickelton

Interview with Illustrator, Letterer and Art Director Nick Sickelton

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Last month, we launched our 20 Year Celebration commemorating the 20th anniversary of the founding of Pencils.com. To celebrate, we worked with former Pencil Artist of the Week Nick Sickelton to create a timeline chronicling the history of…
Colonial Pencil History

American Pencil History at Sutter’s Fort

I live extremely close to Sutter’s Fort in Sacramento, California so, a few weeks back, my wife and I decided to take a walk over to the fort and brush up on our history. As we walked through it’s mud brick walls, we learned about role the…

How to Score a Baseball Game

Filling out a scorecard by hand allows for a more engaging and personalized baseball experience.  Using each team’s batting lineup and a shorthand code for the defense positions, you can learn how to quickly record a game’s happenings.…