Blackwing Collaborates with TRAVELER’S COMPANY

We've teamed up with our friends at TRAVELER'S COMPANY to create a new capsule collection dedicated to our shared love for all things pencils and paper.
Dream Deep National Coloring Book Day

Dream Deep on National Coloring Book Day

Last month, we launched Blackwing Colors, our colored pencils designed specifically for coloring. Well, today is National Coloring Book day, and what better way to celebrate than by throwing some pigment onto a page. We teamed up with the…
Blackwing 56

Blackwing 56 Stockist List

The Blackwing 56, the DiMaggio pencil, sold out in 8 days, but there are still some available on our sister site Pencils.com and in our retail stores around the world. Here's a list of stores that carry the pinstripe pencil:   Pencils.com  McCallum…
How to Score a Baseball Game

How to Score a Baseball Game

Baseball is etched into our national consciousness in graphite. The “Shot Heard ‘Round the World,” Gibson’s walk off against Eckersley, and every game of Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hitting streak have been catalogued and chronicled using…
Joe DiMaggio

The Insane Facts Behind DiMaggio’s Hit Streak

The release of the Blackwing 56 was very much a labor of love for a team full of baseball enthusiasts. Along the way, we discovered some pretty astounding things about Joe DiMaggio’s famous streak. Hours spent scouring sites like Baseball-Reference.com…
Blackwing Coin

Some Serious Coinage

Subscribers who have been with us since the beginning will find a little something extra in their shipment. Inspired by the challenge coins used by military members, philanthropic organizations and other groups, we’ve created a coin for the…
Blackwing 56

Volumes by Blackwing – Vol. 56

Blackwing Colors

Announcing Blackwing Colors, Coming in July

We’re excited to announce Blackwing Colors, the first set of coloring pencils in the Blackwing line. We spent months selecting the perfect core formulation, curating the selection of colors and refining the design. Blackwing Colors pencils…

Guy Clark, Master Songwriter and Artist, Passes Away

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Guy Clark said that the key to crafting a good song was to “write with a pencil and a big eraser.” His methodical songwriting process included pencil and graph paper. He liked to see every letter of every word laid out meticulously before…

Independent Bookstore Day

Mary Norris

Mary Norris on Impact, the Blackwing 24 and Pencil Hardness

Our favorite New Yorker Ok'r Mary Norris stopped by Manhattan's CW Pencils to film the most recent episode of her Comma Queen video series. In the episode, Mary discusses her dislike of the use of "impact" as a verb, gleefully discovers…