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Is there a pencil that has the same graphite composition as the Blackwing 602 ?
Hi! I hope this post is not too off-topic, but a few years back, Maybelline cosmetics company stopped making one of their eyebrow pencil colors: CHARCOAL GREY
It is not just grey, it is between grey and taupe, and was the perfect color for many women, and we all blogged about the discontinued color and petitioned the manufacturer, to no avail. It is still possible to buy this color eyebrow pencil on Ebay, at a ridiculous price of $8 per pencil, and they are selling.
My idea/request to all of you that have such an esoteric interest in fine pencils, is that you could market such a product, if it were a close enough copy. One of the best things about the Maybelline eyebrow pencil was that it would not go on too dark. I’m guessing that was probably due to a higher wax to particulate concentration. Maybelline used to sell them in two-packs that cost around 3 to 4 dollars.
Enterprising entrepreneurs would have to first obtain the original product to exactly copy the color and consistency. I hope someone decides to provide for this niche market.
Regards
Where can I get tons of used up wooden encils to recycle into art?
Ingram Middle School teacher
I am looking for #4 pencils, Mirado (Mirado Classic 174 USA 2H 4) and Eberhard Faber (Velvet 3557 4 2H) made them in the past. Are they available anewhere???????
Looking for Eberhard Faber 600 Pencil with chisel point lead
4B,2B,HB, 2H,4H and 6H.
thanks
frank
I found an old (and heavy) Boston “Vacuum Mount” pencil sharpener at a local thrift store last night. It was just $3 U.S. and still sharpens to a very sharp point. The base is grey. It has to be at least 50 years old. I have a newer one from the 80′s and it is much lighter with much more plastic.
I used to love, l-o-v-e, the Derwent Drawing pencils. For quite a few years I was able to soak the pencil line of my drawings into the paper by laying the paper in a tub of water for a bit. However, the newer pencils smear horribly when I try to soak the paper. Any idea what happened to the Derwent recipe? Anyone have an alternative to that pencil?
Hi all,
I’m from Europe (Catalonia) and I’ll travel to Washington DC in few days.
I would like to buy some USA pencils while there. Pencils like Ticonderoga and General pencil or the Blackwing (if available).
Does anybody know a good stationary shop in Bethesda (MD)/Washington DC to purchase these or other interesting pencils?
Thanks!
Joan.
Dear sirs,
I would like to know where to buy Dermatographs grease pencils? Thank you. Edilton
Joan, the Ticonderoga can be purchased at any of the “big box” office supply stores such as Office Depot, Office Max, Staples, etc. I would suggest doing a Google or Yahoo search for art supply stores in that area, and then contact them to see if they carry General or the new Blackwing.
Also, stores such as Hobby Lobby carry the General Pencil drawing pencils.
I meant to relate that I found an interesting metal pencil box (with checkerboard pattern) at a local “Office Depot” store in the U.S. I imagine they are being sold for back to school. They hold quite a few pencils being 21 cm x 13 cm x 6 cm. I may go back a get a few more. The website for the source is: http://www.finditproducts.com/pencil_boxes
David O.
Thank you *very* much for your help. Names like office depot, or office max, or staples were unknown to me. Now I’m writing this from Washington DC and I located Office Depot and Staples in my map. It seems they don’t sell the Palomino but I have good chance to acquire the common Dixon.
Isn’t this Blog and its people great?
Thx
I have a some IBM Electrographic Mark Sensing Pencils. I understand that they are collectable. Would anyone know what they may be worth?
Desperately Seeking Blaisdell Hard 634-T paper pencil. Please Help!
The New Yorker does Blackwings.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/09/back-in-blackwing.html
Christian, I suggest you to read the “about” section on this site to have an idea about the worth of a pencil.
http://www.penciltalk.org/about
Thanks for posting the Blackwing link, Jonathan. I finally had the time to read it.
I have a question please.
I have an old (1947) English Silver Mechanic Pencil.
I want to take it apart.
How do I do that without breaking anything.
Thank you,
M.B.
I just got a host of old pencils, posted here on my site:
http://coolstuff4819.blogspot.com
Check it out! Couple of Eagle Mikados and a bunch of Eagle Verithins, even got an old Staedtler Mars Lumograph.
Please tell me what you think in the comments.
Thanks!
Hi Vikram,
Thanks for sharing that find!
Vikram, the pre-World War II Mikado is quite a find.
Hello. I wonder if anyone has had trouble contacting Mr. Tanimoto of Bundoki. I’ve been trying to place an order but without response. I hope that he is okay after all the unfortunate events in Japan.
This is an interesting find. I was at a thrift store today, and was able to purchase a never opened package of eight Made in the USA “Eagle Mirror 169″ No. 2 pencils. Eagle was a division of Berol at this time from the package labeling. The package shows a picture of a young woman, and looks to date from the late 60′s/early 70′s. The ferrules are gold colored with multiple ribs (first time I’ve seen that). It seems to be marketed at women specifically. I didn’t realized that they did that with something like wood pencils.
NaNoWriMo is coming up pretty soon. Anyone planning on using pencil for it (or at least a fair fraction of it)? I’m thinking of primarily typing it, but doing all my preliminary planning in pencil.
Seamus – pls contact me please – re: perfect pencils – gcolexxxsrq@xxxgmail.com – remove xx’s
thanks
gary
hallo
ben in bezit van een lederen etui met (heel oud) zilveren sluiting waarin een kokertje met potloodstiftjes plm. 2 cm lang plm. ½ cm omtrek diam. gemerkt A W Faber en op de kopeinden een E
zou hier graag iets meer van weten, is er iemand die dit herkend
bij voorbaat vriendelijk dank, mart doggenaar
Checkout this “Little Shaver” Pencil Sharpener at Lee Vally Tools http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=68746&cat=51&ap=2
Very interesting! It looks like the result would resemble using a pocket knife to sharpen a pencil.
I HAVE AN OLD EBERHARD FABER FLAT CEDAR WAISTCOAT PENCIL IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TWO-METAL CASE… LOOKS LIKE A VERY LIGHT COPPER AND THE PENCIL TIP, BRASS. THE NAME IS EMBOSSED ON THE CASE AND STAMPED ON THE PENCIL. TOOK SOME TIME TO GET ENOUGH OF THE TARNISH OFF TO REALLY SEE THE METALS. ANYWAY, I WAS WONDERING WHAT IT MIGHT BE WORTH. THE PENCIL IS IN LIKE NEW SHAPE BUT THE ERASER IS PETRIFIED. (MY CAP-LOCK STICKS… I’M NOT YELLING).
How do I become a ” feed subscriber ” to the Pencil Talk blog? Maybe I’m just having a dense moment, but I can’t seem to figure it out.
thanks, Faeorain
I simply check the site, Faeorain. I don’t believe that subscribing to a feed is possible (famous last words).
@Faeorain Ui’Neill: You need a feed reader – a program, or else perhaps something like Google’s “Google Reader” – see http://www.google.com/reader/view/ – with one of these you can subscribe to the feed URL and not have to revisit the site here to be notified of a new post. Hope that helps!
@Faeorain Ui’Neill: Just remembered that most web browsers now allow you to bookmark RSS feeds (aka “live bookmarks”), for example see http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/livebookmarks
There are feeds for this blog, and the URLs of them are on the main page:
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In addition to these there are also feeds for the comments to every single post – just append “/feed” to the post’s permalink to get the feed URL (e. g. “http://www.penciltalk.org/2012/01/turn-it/feed”).
Hi Faeorain, David:
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