Each one features a specially designed eraser, deemed more efficient than standard round pencil erasers due to their uniquely shaped flat ends. In 1994, the line was acquired from Faber-Castell by the Sanford division of Newell Rubbermaid, who reverted the pencil back to its Eberhard Faber Blackwing 602 branding. Blackwing are renowned all over the world for their quality (and that little square eraser on the end of their pencils!

The iconic Palomino Blackwing pencil has gained a worldwide reputation as "the finest pencil ever made". Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981–2011), with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany. In 1988, Eberhard Faber was acquired by Faber-Castell, who rebranded the pencil as the Faber-Castell Blackwing 602. The 602 Blackwing model of this celebrated pencil has the tagline ‘half the pressure, twice the speed’. These drawing pencils are made from renewable Californian Incense Cedar wood combined with the highest-quality graphite core.However, this is only an approximation of the original Blackwing, lacking the graphite formula of the original, Blackwing in name only. The lead in Palomino Blackwing pencils gives a smooth, very opaque mark, and has a superior firmness when compared with other pencils.

The pencils are made from renewable Californian Incense Cedarwood combined with the highest-quality graphite core. This is a set of twelve Palomino Blackwing 602 pencils, made in America from smooth Japanese graphite. The pencil lead gives a smooth, opaque mark, and has a superior firmness when compared with other pencils.A box of these pencils is held in the Harvard University Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments. And it's hard to argue with them, the quality of the Blackwing brand is phenomenal, they're clearly doing something right. The lead in Blackwing pencils gives a smooth, very opaque mark, and has a superior firmness when compared with other pencils.