How Blackwing Pencils are Made [video]

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24 points | by NaOH 4 days ago

5 comments

  • tkgally 0 minutes ago
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  • leonidv 45 minutes ago
    I have a box of 120 Blackwing pencils of all types. They look nice, expensive, but a bad tool.

    (review -> https://www.instagram.com/p/CrD5KRnuLnh/?img_index=2&igsh=cD... )

    They are not suitable for fine drawing (too waxy and soft) - those are either STAEDTLER, FaberCastell, or Tombow (Japanese brand).

    The fancy tip eraser is also not very useful. The metal around it is so soft, it can't hold any pressure. Also extremely not child friendly, as the small metal part inside just fells out.

    Tombow Mono - de-facto standard eraser.

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    • disce-pati 19 minutes ago
      Even the Blackwing sharpeners are not that great. A pencil plane works just fine for almost all pencil sharpening I've ever needed to do and making your own isn't very hard.
    • xtajv 12 minutes ago
      I consider them terrible for drawing but excellent for taking handwritten notes that will scan well.
  • WillAdams 5 minutes ago
    I remember using these when I was young, and being quite disappointed when the local store quit carrying them.

    Glad to have them back for note-taking and sketching.

  • lolc 58 minutes ago
    More companies should do this kind of advertisement.
  • ktallett 34 minutes ago
    They aren't the same since they were brought back.