National Pencil Day is March 30
“I, Pencil: My Family Tree” as told to Leonard E. Read, Dec. 1958
From Online Library of Liberty: A charming story which explains how something as apparently simple as a pencil is in fact the product of a very complex economic process based upon the division of labor, international trade, and comparative advantage.
Famous Pencils
Eberhard-Faber Blackwing 602
Tombow Mono 100
Mitsubishi Hi Uni
Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth 1500
Staedtler Noris 120
Dixon Ticonderoga
News
Student opens museum showing his mechanical pencils in Kyoto | 21 July 2026
In small North Dakota town, 43,000 pencils honor America’s 250th birthday | 8 June 2026
Curtis and the giant pencil | 5 June 2026
The Last Pencil Manufacturer in Pencil City, USA Continues Making a Mark | 29 May 2026
Musgrave Pencils: Still sharp after 110 years | 21 May 2026
24 sculpted trees become giant colored pencils in south african land art installation | 7 May 2026
Pencil Magazine begins publication | October 2025
How graphite mining in New York’s Champlain Valley created America’s iconic pencil | 25 October 2025
From 19th century battlefield relic to 20th century promotional item: The rise and fall of a forgotten oddity, bullet pencils | 5 October 2025
Photo essay: Kashmir’s pencil village faces a raw material crisis | 15 July 2025
The humble pencil: a simple machine elevates mankind | 20 June 2025
Made in New Jersey: General Pencil sketches out the future with old-school tool | 16 June 2025
Why a Minneapolis neighborhood sharpens a giant pencil every year | 7 June 2025
Yanko Design: This Sustainable Sawdust Pencil Transforms Carpentry Waste Into Pure Creativity | 8 April 2025
Boing Boing: 1890s pencil sharpener looks better and works faster than modern models | 6 April 2025
WHAV: Hurd Displays Portion of 5,000-Pencil Collection at Haverhill Public Library | 6 April 2025
The Michigan Daily: Ditch the laptop, pick up a pencil | 3 April 2025
Current: Carmel artist develops niche with color pencils | 20 March 2025
ASI: Koozie Group Partners With Plantable Pencil Company SproutWorld | 27 January 2025
DW: Pencils save trees in Serbia | 26 November 2024
Business Insider: Why colored pencils are so expensive | 11 November 2024
Rhode Island Public Radio: Should I use a wooden pencil or a mechanical one? | 17 September 2024
Boing Boing: $6,400 for 32 pencils? Sondheim’s Blackwing 602 stash big hit at auction | 25 June 2024