Comments and Questions

236 comments to Comments and Questions

• MKULTRA

  March 2nd, 2011 at 5:09 pm

  Is there a pencil that has the same graphite composition as the Blackwing 602 ?

• Elisa

  March 12th, 2011 at 1:42 am

  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

• Lauren

  April 16th, 2011 at 12:26 pm

  Where can I get tons of used up wooden encils to recycle into art?
  Ingram Middle School teacher

• Arcilio

  April 29th, 2011 at 5:06 pm

  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???????

• Frank

  May 2nd, 2011 at 10:39 pm

  Looking for Eberhard Faber 600 Pencil with chisel point lead
  4B,2B,HB, 2H,4H and 6H.

  thanks

  frank

• David O.

  June 24th, 2011 at 10:53 am

  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.

• Jon

  July 5th, 2011 at 4:46 pm

  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?

• Joan

  August 17th, 2011 at 5:03 am

  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.

• EDILTON JOSÉ DOS SANTOS

  August 17th, 2011 at 1:52 pm

  Dear sirs,
  I would like to know where to buy Dermatographs grease pencils? Thank you. Edilton

• David O.

  August 18th, 2011 at 12:12 pm

  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.

• David O.

  August 18th, 2011 at 12:13 pm

  Also, stores such as Hobby Lobby carry the General Pencil drawing pencils.

• David O.

  August 21st, 2011 at 12:40 am

  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: www.finditproducts.com/pencil_boxes

• Joan

  August 23rd, 2011 at 10:11 pm

  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

• Christian