These lovely cedar pencils from Tombow are made from recycled pieces of wood, left over from other manufacturing processes. Minimally finished with a thin coat of transparent lacquer, Tombow Recycled Pencils show off their materials and highlight the finger-joined construction that binds the recycled pieces together.

The vermilion core is great for color-coded notes and correcting draft documents. It’s nice and soft, but it sharpens to a fine point for detailed margin notes.

One unsharpened pencil. Also sold in elegant boxes of 12. Made in Vietnam.