The Arteza, USA Gold, and—yes—Dixon Ticonderoga pencils (both black and yellow) are all fine options that cost less than 20¢ per pencil. Plus, they’re even cheaper if you buy in bulk.

Two things I learned today: there is a blog dedicated to office supplies and on that blog is a set of Ticonderoga pencils with antimicrobial coating. OfficeSupplyGeek apparently bought these latex ...

Someone asked about the tattoo of a pencil on the inside of her left forearm. She said it was her “gateway pencil”: a matte black Ticonderoga, now discontinued, that her mother had favored.

Dixon Ticonderoga, the more than 100-year-old pencil and arts products company based at Heathrow in Lake Mary, will close its Versailles, Mo., manufacturing plant by the end of the year. Dixon was … ...

In this corner, the Dixon Ticonderoga. And in the opposing corner, the clickable mechanical pencil. (Magnus Fulton of West Valley High School / Unleashed) ...