Friday, December 2, 2011

Pencils


I admit a love for pencils and pens
papers
inks
all the instruments of writing

I also admit that I bought myself a present
greedy girl
the Blackwing pencils above
a box of them 

Steinbeck wrote with Blackwings
(I learned this from Sara Zarr)
: :
they are hard and smooth
and 
will
of course
produce
elegant
words
::

(Do you have a favorite pen or pencil?)

22 comments:

  1. With you at the helm, I'm sure they will produce elegant words.

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  2. I am a pencil!

    little words with lots to say
    I hope my pencil to be:)

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  3. I like soft lead, so you can see what you have written or drawn. Why am I not surprised that you love using the "equipment" of your trade?

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  4. mr. brattcat shares this passion with you. i'll use whatever comes to hand and am often chastised for scribbling away with an impossibly dull pencil. i do love the idea of writing with a 'blackwing'...

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  5. I will have when you tell me how I can get my own Blackwing. :-)

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  6. i prefer pens and my favorite is a pilot V5 extra fine in blue. if i used pencils, i'd probably end up erasing most of what i had written.

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  7. I love all writing materials, too. I don't know a writer who doesn't! Blackwing pencils look nice. My favorite pens are PaperMate, and I usually prefer blue ink over black ink. I don't have a favorite pencil, except that it must have a fun, colorful, bold design! Since Thanksgiving I've been writing with my Christmas-themed pencils. :)

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  8. I always use prismacolor turquoise pencils and micron pens. It's funny how creatives people are attracted to specific tools!

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  9. Sarah - I love those micron pens, too; didn't know about the prismacolor turquoise ones tho - will have to investigate!

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  10. I think I could live comfortably in an office supply store. Love paper, pencils, pens, art supplies. . .

    Thanks for the pencil info.

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  11. Well, if Steinbeck used them, then why shouldn't you!

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  12. I'll use what I find. That's about it... ok, I'll be honest. I do enjoy a good, fine-point, black ink pen.

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  13. Smartly sharpened, soft lead wood pencils with a great eraser handy, at least a dozen within reach. When I travel I have several Bic disposable pencils.

    In school I used an old mechanical pencil of my dad's with a telescoping pincer that held the fat lead in place. I sharpened it with sandpaper on a small board...

    Don't even get me started on ink pens... more than I need for sure

    Bises,
    Genie

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  14. Wolff Carbon Pencils in several degrees of hardness or softness. They are the best plus paper stumps when drawing portraits or anything else.

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  15. I've got a blue ink pen that follows me everywhere.

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  16. OMG they still make Blackwing pencils? They are the only kind my mother used, down to the nub (being a child of the Depression). The last Christmas she was alive she gave me a box of them (she had given me many boxes of them for Christmas since I was a child) and I hung onto the last two from that box, now nineteen years later. I looked once on ebay several years ago and a single Blackwing was selling for $75. They must have re-issued them? What a treasure!

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  17. Cate's Folly: You can find a dozen for about $20 total.

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  18. I am definitely a Dixon Ticonderoga #2 pencil and Pink Pearl eraser kind of girl!

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  19. I do have a favorite pencil of mine and it is nearly 3 years old. It is a pencil my best friend, Jimmy (also my crush), lent me the day we met. I was really mean to him that day, the reason I don't know, and I kept the pencil. I rarely ever use it, but mostly on a test. When I do use it though, I always come out with the nicest things to write about.

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