Palomino Blackwing | Excellent writing-and drawing pencils

Palomino is a division of California Cedar Products Company, the world’s leading supplier of wooden pencil slats. Cal Cedar has a rich history of developing extraordinary products through six generations of family stewardship. With pencil industry roots dating back to the mid 19th century, Cal Cedar has built a long tradition of excellence and unique supply relationships that now extend to the Palomino writing, arts and stationery products, the most famous of which are its Palomino Blackwing pencils. The Black Wings were developed in the thirties of the last century by Eberhard Faber. The pencils were an instant success and were soon adopted by creative minds in the world of film, music and literature. In 2010, the Californian company bought the license and the (new) Blackwing is back with a vengeance. The shape and performance remained however, the indestructible graphite comes from Japan, the wood of the famous Californian cedar tree. The Palomino Blackwing is a legendary pencil, used by writers such as John Steinbeck and Truman Capote and composer / conductor Leonard Bernstein. Some people even call it "the best pencil ever made." Not only is the shape of the pencil legendary - elegant, sexy and with a removable eraser - even the achievement of a high level, or as the authors have summarized it: "Half the Pressure, Twice the Speed.