At California Republic Stationers we're passionate about wood cased pencils. 

Why the passion?  Because the simple ole pencil enables self expression in written and artistic form for more people in more places throughout the world than any other manufactured item we know of.  When it comes to communicating and sharing ideas and images that shape our thinking and perception of the world the pencil is an ideal medium.  That's why the pencil is the one of the most commonly used educational and communication tools worldwide. 

In fact we at California Republic Stationers think that these values are so important we have made the ideal of supporting education, learning and creativity through use of the pencil the central purpose of our business. Through our You Can Create program we donate free pencils representing 5% of all the value of product we sell directly back to schools in the communities you live and work in.

Why wood cased pencils?  Renewable, natural and strong the traditional wood cased pencil offers tremendous beauty and functionality.  Additionally, we have generations of family ownership tradition tied to the California Incense-cedar pencil, which has long been recognized as the favored wood species for the world's finest pencils.

The California Republic product ranges include:

• Palomino  - The Palomino line represents the finest quality graphite and artist quality coloring pencil available.  Our graphite cores represent the smoothest writing and drawing available while our wax color and aquarelle pencils provide exceptional lay down and color intensity.  Produced in Japan to exacting standards these incense-cedar pencils feature the most exceptional smooth lacquer finish seen in pencil anywhere in the world. 

See the Pencil Revolutions Revolutionary Review of our Palomino high quality graphite pencils.

• Golden Bear - These Incense-cedar graphite writing pencils offer high quality writing capability for home, office or school use

• Prospector - These attractive graphite pencils are ideal when value and functionality are the most important factors.

• Spangle - This line of children coloring and decorative graphite pencils provide a safe and attractive range of products ideal for school and home use.

• ForestChoice - While all California Republic pencils use woods from well managed, environmentally friendly forests the ForestChoice line offers the added knowledge that the woods in these pencils come only from forests managed under the Forest Stewardship Counsel FSC forest certification program.

For more information about pencil use and history, the pencil industry and our products visit some of our websites here.