Blackwing Steinbeck Pencil Cup Core Pencils The pencil also features a

The pencil also features a black imprint

The pencil features our balanced graphite

Hides and cloth were traditionally used as canvases

and finished plans that would become the Golden Gate Bridge

Blackwing Steinbeck Pencil Cup Core Pencils The pencil also features aJohn Steinbeck started his day by sharpening 24 Blackwing pencils and placing them in a pencil cup. As he wrote and the pencils dulled, he would place them in a second cup. Once each pencil had been used, he would start the ritual over again. The Steinbeck Pencil Cup was created with this ritual in mind. Each Pencil Cup features a midcentury inspired design with two chambers: one for full length pencils and the other for shorter, sharpened pencils.