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Best wishes to The Graphite Store. They are a new pencil specialty store who opened this past weekend in McKinney, Texas.
Their website (I’m not sure if it reflects their brick and mortar store) suggests they are less focused on just pencils than CW Pencils, and more of a general stationer.
Seeing is believing. There really is a dedicated pencil store.
We’ve heard about other pencil stores – the famed Gojuon in Tokyo’s Ginza district, Fancy Pencil Land in Chicago, and wasn’t there another novelty store a few years ago? Also, the boutique stores of the pencil companies. But CW Pencil Enterprise (CWPE) is probably the first to stock mainstream woodcase pencils from multiple brands and offer them in a retail environment.
I learned of CWPE some years ago, but having lived in either San Jose or Toronto since they opened, it never seemed accessible to me. The past weekend did afford an opportunity to visit New York City (my first real visit, apart from meetings/passing through).
The store (larger than I expected) is in a neighbourhood that may not be familiar to many visitors. The many photos I’ve seen did make it seem familiar.
The store is a visual delight. Lots of pencils of course.
Drop by if you get the chance.
