The Leadhead's Pencil Blog

A few days ago, I mentioned that Paul Erano had sold me that last bag of John Holland pencils and parts. Now I’ll tell you why I was so eage...

In yesterday’s installment, I intended to tell you about all of the boxed pencils that Gabriel Galecia Goldsmith parted with: The back story...

I attended the Commonwealth Pen Show in Boston for the first time in the fall of 2022. None of us knew at the time that it would be the last...

 Here’s a shot of one of the other trays I acquired from Jon Martenson at the “catch up” Chicago show in September 2021: Finding examples of...

This article has been edited and included in The Leadhead's Pencil Blog Volume 6, now on sale at The Legendary Lead Company.  I have jus...

This article has been edited and included in The Leadhead's Pencil Blog Volume 4; copies are available print on demand through Amazon  h...

This article has been edited and included in The Leadhead's Pencil Blog Volume 4; copies are available print on demand through Amazon  h...