Black Lead Pencils

The best and long-selling pencil in Japan.

This pencil has been widely used in offices and schools since it came to the market in 1945. Available in 6 graphite scales from 2H to 2B.

Product Features

  • Long-selling pencil

    The "8900" series came to market as an ultra-luxury pencil for photo retouching in 1945. Nowadays, it is widely used as a standard pencil and enjoys wide popularity.

  • The good old design

    The design of the yellow box and the olive green pencil body has remained almost the same since 1948. The logo mark of the realistically drawn dragonfly represents the history of more than 60 years.

Lineup

480yen+tax Hexagonal pencils 12 pencils per case

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AWARDS

  • 2011

    Good Design Long Life Design Award

Precaution for Use

· Do not use it for purposes other than writing.

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