B.S. Cohen Ltd was one of the founding companies of the Royal Sovereign Pencil Co Ltd (via Arthur Johnson Ltd)…

In 1937 Staedtler had their 275th anniversary, and with that, they released a range of ‘275 years’ branded pencils across…

I have covered a lot of Wolff’s pencils on this blog, but I’ve held off on the biggie, the pencil…

This is part 2 of a post on Ann Banks pencils.  The first part can be found here and I…

Banks is a surname you really should know if you want to understand pencil making history, with Jacob, Joseph and…

  [This post was updated on 11 October 2020 to include new images and information.  I originally wrote the post…

When I think of pencil graphite a few key historic sources come to mind: Borrowdale in England or the Alibert…

I was lucky enough to be invited to chat with Andy, Tim & Johnny on Episode 146 of the (excellent)…

This post is simply a record of the current standard releases, in my collection, to-date. Cal Cedar appear to have…

This post is a slight segue from my normal ‘pencil specific’ posts, towards a ‘pencil-adjacent’ post. I don’t intend on…