New York Daily News: An ode to the Blackwing 602, Vladimir Nabokov’s favorite pencil
From woodworkers to Broadway legends, artists to Pulitzer Prize winners, one indispensable tool unites them all: a pencil known as the Blackwing 602. Created in the 1930s by Eberhard Faber, this ...
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 lowdown: We ...
Blackwing pencils were first produced in the 1930s when the 602 model was introduced by the Eberhard Faber Pencil Company. It was known for its soft, dark graphite and square eraser and garnered a ...
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 of ...
The Daily Gazette: Blackwing spotlights Caffe Lena in new pencil collection in Saratoga Springs; benefit concert set
Blackwing spotlights Caffe Lena in new pencil collection in Saratoga Springs; benefit concert set
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 -- and ...
Town & Country: The Greatest Legends in History, from Stravinsky to Capote, Used These Pencils
The Greatest Legends in History, from Stravinsky to Capote, Used These Pencils
How often do you think about pencils? Well, if you’re a composer, artist or designer — or perhaps all three — the pencil is one of your most important tools. In 1998, the pencil world (yes, there’s a ...