Mary Norris on Impact, the Blackwing 24 and Pencil Hardness

Our favorite New Yorker Ok’r Mary Norris stopped by Manhattan’s CW Pencils to film the most recent episode of her Comma Queen video series. In the episode, Mary discusses her dislike of the use of “impact” as a verb, gleefully discovers the Blackwing 24, and gives a brief lesson on the history of the American and European graphite grading scales.

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