Blackwing Blog

To celebrate Independent Bookstore Day, we'd like to highlight a bookstore with a wonderful and long history, Warwicks.

The Blackwing Loft is officially open at Rough Trade NYC! This evolving space will be home to one-of-a-kind art installations, events and workshops, and exclusive in-store products.

The Blackwing Loft a space where you can test out Blackwing products, read about the history of the Blackwing brand, shop our entire collection, see how a pencil (and record) is made.

The Blackwing 811, the first glow in the dark Blackwing pencils, is a tribute to libraries and they hope they represent.

Andy Powers is a luthier, and lead designer at Taylor Guitars.

The Blackwing 4 is a tribute to the 2020 Mars rover mission. It features a rust-colored lacquer and sand-textured finish inspired by the surface of the fourth planet. It also features our first ever bronze ferrule, a cream...

The Blackwing 33 1/3 is a tribute to vinyl records. It features a matte black finish and matte black ferrule to go with its black imprint and black eraser. The gloss black foil banding near the grip was...

Heather Martinez is a lettering artist and visual practitioner based out of Colorado. Read her interview with Blackwing here to learn more.