Palomino Blackwing non-users
“No, Steinbeck, White, and Wolfe never sang the praises of the Palomino Blackwing, because they lived and died before that pencil came into production.”
Steinbeck pencils
Steinbeck’s favorite pencils, the Blaisdell Calculator, the Eberhard Faber Blackwing, and the Eberhard Faber Mongol
John Steinbeck on the Blackwing pencil
"I have found a new kind of pencil--the best I have ever had. Of course it costs three times as much but it is black and soft and doesn't br...