The Blackwing 602 is one of the best pencils ever designed. Many artists and illustrators used this pencil until production was discontinued after the acquisition of this product range by Newell Rubbermaid's Sanford Sharpie Division.

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There are a number of interesting articles on this pencil around the web. Here are a few of my favorites:

Lisa Laughy creator of Ninth Wave Designs Blog(now proudly hosted on Pencils.com) has several postsMoleskine & Blackwing 602 covers this artist's devotion to this pencil. Later she selected the California Republic Palomino HB or 2B pencils asthe successor to the Blackwing 602!

This one from PencilThings.info blog describes a lost opportunity for a big cache of Blackwings. Also from PencilThings.info is this review titled A Realists View of the Legendary Blackwing 602.