The Blackwing 11 is our tribute to Bill Russell and his undeniable legacy on and off the basketball court. The number 11 foil stamped on each pencil represents the number of championships he won, more than any player in NBA history. Each pencil includes our soft graphite.

The Blackwing 574 is our tribute to Native American art and the 574 nations that use it to assert agency and identity. We worked with Kaw, Osage, Lakota artist Chris Pappan to design a pencil that evokes geometric patterns found throughout many Native American expressions of culture. Each pencil includes our firm graphite. A portion of proceeds will go to the Cheyenne River Youth Project.

The second edition of Volume XIX, the 19th Amendment / Voting Rights pencil. This edition of the pencil features our extra-firm graphite and includes the graphite grade stamped on its barrel. This release is not part of the Volumes subscription.

Tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright and his architectural ambition. Each pencil features silhouette of one of Wright’s iconic perforated boards printed in a muted, midcentury palette. The area around the board is unfilled, letting the natural wood of the pencil shine through. Each pencil also includes a copper ferrule and our extra-firm graphite.

The Blackwing 746 is a tribute to the Golden Gate Bridge and other engineering wonders of the modern world. Each pencil features our firm graphite core and is finished with a special mulit-layered technique to bring out the iconic International Orange color of San Francisco’s world-famous Marvel.

The Blackwing 710 is our tribute to Jerry Garcia and his fusion of visual and musical expression. This set of 10 replacement erasers is designed to accompany the Blackwing 710 pencil.

This limited edition medium Blackwing Slate notebook features Jerry’s “Prisms” painting on its cover. Contains 160 pages of Blank paper.

The Blackwing 710 is our tribute to Jerry Garcia and his fusion of visual and musical expression. A slice of his painting “Curves & Lines” is printed on each pencil, which features our soft graphite that is ideal for both drawing and songwriting.

Volume 2 acknowledges that art brings about change. It features a special cracked Glow-in-the-Dark design and an all-new 2X Firm Graphite specially formulated for this release.

Our tribute to animation. Each pencil includes a black ferrule, gold clip, orange eraser, and our balanced graphite.

Tribute to Bruce Lee. Black and yellow striped design inspired by his iconic look and contains extra-firm graphite.

Glass pencil archive tube with natural cork top to display your Blackwings.

Subscribe for $99 per year and each new quarterly limited-edition release for a full year, starting with Vol. 11 -Bill Russell release. Each shipment also includes a sealed pencil archive tube, and subscriber-exclusive goodies. Subscribers also get 10% off purchases on our website for the duration of the subscription.