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Recycled Wood Pencils: Vermilion Red

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Category: The Desktop

These recycled wood pencils are Tombow's Ki-Monogatari — Tree Story — series, built from the offcuts left behind by other manufacturing runs. Short lengths of salvaged cedar are fused edge to edge with a fine finger-joint technique, then finished in a thin, transparent lacquer that leaves the zig-zag seams on show rather than hidden — a clean, minimalist grain pattern built entirely from recycled material.

The red graphite core is recycled too, milled from the same by-product stream as the wood — vermilion red, or shu-iro, the reddish-orange long used in the Japanese editing and proofreading tradition — and sharpens to a fine, clean point. In 1992, Ki-Monogatari became the first pencil series in Japan to earn the country's official Eco Mark certification for sustainable manufacturing, a distinction the line has held onto ever since.

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Part of our Japanese Minimalism collection.

Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 19 reviews)

Carter X. ★★★★★

The fused seams are actually pretty subtle once you start writing—I keep looking at them because it’s such a clever way to reuse offcuts. The cedar smells amazing and the vermilion red is a rich, warm shade that stands out on my desk.

Violet U. ★★★★★

I wasn’t sure how the fused cedar seams would feel in hand, but they’re invisible when you write—the wood is smooth and the vermilion color is honestly gorgeous. They sharpen to a fine point without snapping, which is more than I can say for most pencils these days.

Henry ★★★★★

The fusion of salvaged cedar strips gives each pencil a subtle grain shift that makes every one feel like a tiny, unique sculpture. They sharpen cleanly without splintering, and the vermilion red is rich enough to make my notes pop without bleeding through the page.

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