The Blackwing 602 went out of production in 1998; now, on its 80th birthday, everyone from Stephen Sondheim to "Mad Men" to top studio animators have made it one of the industry’s most valuable -- and ...

Crossword puzzles have been a fixture in New York Magazine’s pages since the first issue hit newsstands in 1968 — in which the puzzle was created by none other than Stephen Sondheim. (He even wrote a ...

Using the Notes app on your iPhone is a little bit like shouting into the void: you open the white-lined screen, reminiscent of a piece of paper and jot down a quick thought, idea or appointment — and ...

The Guy Clark Pencil from Blackwing Break down walls. The 1970s outlaw country movement that paved the way for what many now refer to as Americana music had many influences. Perhaps none were more ...

STOCKTON - California Cedar Products Co. is a commodities business. For decades, it has produced pencil slats - carefully dried and precision sawn slabs of cedar - a raw material for pencil ...

If you need to make a mark, finish a crossword, or just doodle a bit, this Blackwing sharpener proves its point. If you need to make a mark, finish a crossword, or just doodle a bit, this Blackwing ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. The rest of the editors around here know about the pencils I use. They are black, with oddly shaped ...

Put a pencil in Woody Guthrie’s hand and magic happened. Whether it was timeless folk songs like “This Land Is Your Land” or the many sketches, poems and paintings he created, Guthrie was a true ...