Product Review
Blackwing Colors colored pencils are perfect for people seeking a creative balance away from the daily grind. This colored pencils pack consists of 12 unique colors, including pink, red, yellow, orange, light green, green, light blue, blue, violet, brown, black, and silver. Each colored pencil features an extra-smooth Japanese wax colored core designed specifically for coloring. The soft colored cores are surrounded by a cedar casing made from genuine California incense-cedar that sharpens evenly and easily. This casing is covered by a thick, color-matched lacquer that makes it easy for you to find the colors you need. Each colored pencil features a crisp, silver imprint of our Blackwing logo. Not only do our colors look great, our pencils also feel great in your hand. Our colored pencils have the same semi-hexagonal barrel found in our graphite pencils. In addition, these pencils are topped by a silver, metal hex cap that adds a bit of weight, giving the pencils a comfortable, balanced feel. This slightly weighted end cap gives you superior control over an extended period of time, making these the perfect colored pencils for artists. Blackwing was first introduced by the Eberhard Faber Pencil Company in the 1930's. Their cult following included John Steinbeck and Chuck Jones, who proudly used Blackwings to create Bugs Bunny and many other Looney Tunes characters. Due to cost cuts, they were discontinued in the 1990's. But that didn't stop devotees from paying as much as $40 per pencil for unused stock. In 2010, we drew from nearly a century of experience to access the best materials in the world and bring Blackwing back for a new generation of artists, writers, musicians, and others seeking a more natural existence.