Blackwing Pencils

The iconic Blackwing pencil in extra-firm graphite (natural) or soft graphite (matte black).

Replacement erasers are available and come in a pack of ten.

The Volumes are limited edition pencils; when they’re gone, they’re gone.

About the limited editions:

Vol. 710: The Blackwing 710 is a tribute to Jerry Garcia and his fusion of visual and musical expression. A slice of his painting “Curves & Lines” is printed on each pencil, which features our soft graphite that is ideal for both drawing and songwriting.

Vol. 71: The Blackwing 71 is a tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright and his architectural ambition. Each pencil features a silhouette of one of Wright’s iconic perforated boards printed in a muted, midcentury palette. The area around the board is unfilled, letting the natural wood of the pencil shine through. Each pencil also includes a copper ferrule and our extra-firm graphite.

Vol. 574: The Blackwing 574 is a tribute to Native American art and the 574 nations that use it to assert agency and identity. Kaw, Osage, Lakota artist Chris Pappan designed this pencil, which evokes geometric patterns found throughout many Native American expressions of culture. Each pencil includes firm graphite.

Vol. 140: The Maillard Reaction is the name science gives to the moment, at approximately 140 degrees, when food begins to brown and flavor takes shape, but cooks know it by heart. It’s a feeling. A sound. A smell. The signal that something real is happening. The Blackwing 140 is a tribute to this incredible transformation and the culinary arts it fuels. Each stainless steel-colored pencil includes a versatile balanced graphite.

Vol. 21: A tribute to the craft of woodworking. Each pencil is made with special finger jointed slats created by combining two short slats together. It also features Blackwing’s first-ever square barrel with an extra wide face so you can see the finger joints on each pencil. The number 21 represents the wisdom of “measure twice, cut once.” The pencil’s firm graphite is perfect for measuring and marking cut lines, and then measuring them again.