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Sondheim and an Angel Brighten up my New Year, Twice

Last night I had to make an unexpected drive back to the Monterey area beach house on the final day of vacation after having returned home earlier in the day then finding that some very important [...]

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Kitaboshi Pencil Company: A Wooden Connection

Among our many slat customers in the Japanese pencil industry, I think one of the most interesting is the Kitaboshi Pencil Company.  Don’t get me wrong, we have long standing and close relationships with all of [...]

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Guitars, Pencils and Lacey Act Compliance

What do pencils and guitars have in common? Aside from the obvious ties to creative expression, they have had a bit more in common as of late. In his most recent Timberlines blog post, WoodChuck discusses [...]

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Celebrating the Japanese Pencil Industry

Sometime next week, tentatively on November 2nd, we’ll be introducing a few select items from two Japanese brands on Pencils.com; Kitaboshi Pencil Company and Tombow. The selection includes several great items for the holiday gift giving season. [...]

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Reviving the Blackwing: One Year In

Saturday October 1st will mark the first anniversary of the “rebirth” of the Blackwing pencil brand with our Palomino Blackwing pencil. This was followed in June by our introduction of the Palomino Blackwing 602 model, which more closely replicated the [...]

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Notebook Evolution

As we approach the one year anniversary of the introduction of our Palomino Blackwing pencil we are nearing the next step in the evolution of the Palomino and Blackwing product ranges as we get set to introduce [...]

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Hearst & Morgan: An Architectural Collaboration with a Pencil Connection

My wife and I recently completed a driving vacation down the California coast which included an overnight stop in San Simeon where we visited Hearst Castle. Each of us had been there separately as children, but clearly [...]

Palomino Blackwing Setting Design Trends

Recently we’ve received a few great examples of how some forward thinking customers have been using our Palomino Blackwing pencils as an integral part of their promotional efforts in their own businesses. As you’ll see our [...]

Chinese Pencil Anti-Dumping Duties Revisted

Note: This is republished from WoodChuck’s personal blog about the pencil industry, Timberlines. See the original post and comment thread by clicking here. Bloomberg.com published an article on June 27th covering the pencil industry titled “New [...]

Ode to Blackwing

This post is in celebration of the launch of the new Palomino Blackwing 602 we release for sale at midnight tonight and as a fun way to share my own poetic creativity this month given our [...]