Carried freely through the air, broadcast television invited participation without qualification. The same signal that arrived at a downtown apartment also reached a home on the edge of a country road. Broadcast television created a quiet cultural leveling, allowing audiences to form connections not just with stories, but with one another.
Volume 343 is Blackwing's tribute to broadcast television. Each pencil features a color bar finish inspired by the NTSC test pattern, and extra-firm graphite. The model number 343, a reference to the 343 scanlines on early CRT televisions, is imprinted with a “TV snow” silver holographic foil.
About Blackwing
Tapping into more than 100 years of the family-run pencil industry experience, Blackwing reintroduced its products in 2010. Since then, Blackwing has grown from a single pencil into a culture all about living mindfully and finding balance in our fast-paced lives. The new Blackwing line pays tribute to the grand-daddy of legendary pencils, the Eberhardt-Faber Blackwing 602. Blackwing pencils have sketched, written and composed their way across the American cultural landscape.
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