Blackwing are quite simply the best pencils ever made. Famous exponents have included everyone from John Steinbeck to Truman Capote and Quincy Jones. Chuck Jones created Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes with them and Shamus Culhane (of Pinocchio, Snow White and Woody Woodpecker fame) even asked to be buried with his Blackwing. Sets of the original lines sell on eBay today for hundreds dollars and their fanbase is so strong, their fervent appreciation ensured the range was brought back from discontinuation in 2011.

The Blackwing Pearl line offer a writing experience that is both smooth and precise. With their pearlescent white finish, these pencils exude a sense of sophistication and class. The graphite core is specially formulated to deliver a balanced combination of softness and strength, allowing for effortless writing and drawing. The unique shape of the pencil, featuring the iconic hexagonal barrel and distinctive flat eraser, adds to the overall aesthetic and sets it apart from other pencils.

Blackwing Pearls use a medium-density graphite that's harder than that of the Matte range, but softer than that found in the Natural. As a result, they are particularly beloved by illustrators, calligraphers and anyone who requires the flexibility a mid-density graphite affords. Crafted from renewable Californian Incense cedar wood and combined with premium-quality Japanese graphite, each pencil features that lustrous white finish, famous rectangular Blackwing ferrule and white, replaceable eraser. All Blackwing pencils come unsharpened in a 12-pack gift box that also doubles as a pencil cup.

Their history is storied and proponents myriad, so if you want to give them the very best, these are the brand to go with.