Palomino & California Republic Notes
Hello all you fellow Palomino Riders out there. I’m long past due in providing an update on developments with the Palominos and other brand ranges in our California Republic lines. First, over the past few months we ran a test with some larger bulk pack formats with banded dozens in 36 and 72 count packs. […]
Pencils: Popular in Any Language
One of the most common questions I receive from those who learn I work in the pencil industry is “How do you get the leads into the wooden pencil?” This leads to any number of further questions and discussion about different aspects of the pencil business according to what any particular person finds interesting. There […]
Berolzheimerianum: 100 Year Anniversary Celebration
Back in March I wrote a post titled “Lieber Philip: A Letter Lasts 100 Years” that discussed the final letter my Great-Great Grandfather Heinrich wrote from his home in Nürnburg, Germany to his son Philip, my Great-Grandfather in New York before he passed away about one month later. I introduced a bit of family history […]
Transitions and Milestones
Well it’s amazing how fast the past couple of months went by and how busy we’ve been here at CalCedar multitasking on an ever expanding list of activities. In that time I’ve failed to keep Timberlines readers up to date. So here’s a quick summary of the main highlights and some of our comming attractions. […]
Boing Boing Does Pencils
It’s nice to see the Palomino has reached Boing Boing’s famous directory of Wonderful Things with this post and link to Ninth Wave Design’s November post that anointed the Palomino Hb & 2B pencils as the successors to the famous Blackwing 602. It’s started a whole new range of commenting there at Ninth Wave. I […]
Making Music with the Palomino
I received the attached photo and note from Matt Downey demonstrating how he’s using our Palomino pencils for his musical efforts. “Hey here is what is called a sketch, rough musical ideas on paper that will eventualy find their way into a peice. In this case the second movement of a string quartet. I love […]
The Shape of Things to Come
California Republic has now introduced triangular shaped pencils in our Golden Bear and Prospector product ranges. These are the first of what we hope may become an expanded range of triangular pencils over time. The Prospector Trianguler HB 40 count tube is available in our Prospector Green color. This pencil is tipped with our standard […]
Sharpen those Palominos
We have several long awaited new arrivals this week to expand our range of KUM sharpeners at Pencil World Creativity Store. First, is our special edition Palomino Long Point Sharpener. This is a premium “Automatic” long point sharpener from KUM that features a two step process to acheiving a perfect point. The first step sharpens […]
The Perfect Match
Special Spring Offer! New at our eBay Pencil World Creativity Store, get a Free KUM® “Ellipse Office” Orange or Blue Pencil Sharpener of your choice when you purchase a minimum of one 40 count tube of Golden Bear graphite pencils. Offer valid through May 12, 2006. This sharpener includes KUM’s Magnesium one hole wedge sharpener […]
