Hello YouTube!  it's that time again. The
Blackwing subscription volume has
come in. Now I know I'm a little bit late
and for two good reasons. One they sent
it to the wrong address (crowd goes oooh) and I had to wait for it to
be rerouted and two,  I've been sick all
week (crowd goes ahhh) so you would not want to hear me
gagging on the video so those are the
two reasons I hope you will forgive and
let's get right to it.
all right I'm
always looking forward to the up and
coming next
Blackwing volume so let's see what
the folks at Palomino sent. Again I need
to use my proprietary special patented
package opener yeah I know it looks like
an exacto knife but don't let looks fool
you. Okay it is an exacto knife. Anyway, go ahead and put away that little yuppy.  (Drumroll)
What do we got? Okay well this is kind of
cool.
First off there's two of them in here.
two tubes. well this is interesting.
wow that's cool Cal cedar 100 years. and
then there's the new volume right there
volume 16.2 oh it's kind of an odd
number 16.2 what is that like the
internal temperature of a lizard?  (Jungle music playing) Anyway.
well there you go there's the two white
rubber caps you know I've never opened
one of these not once every one of them
I received I need the caps on what would
be the point opening them? you get a
whole box. but here it is and it tells
you it's got a matte white paint job the
ferrule is matte black. the eraser is white
the imprint is gray and the graphite
well it's definitely light looking so. I
like them all and this one here this is
called a subscriber exclusive got the
kind of greenish or lime ish looking mm
green caps on each end and inside you
can see it's kind of the wood look with
the green lettering so it says it's the
finish I guess they call it natural
there you go natural. Gold ferrule green
eraser green imprint and it's I guess
this marks 100 years of cal cedar
so has Cal cedar been around a hundred
years? I didn't know that. but there it
says right here on this card Cal cedar
was established in 1917 that's a couple
of years before I was born.  more than a
couple actually. and it's got this card
here and it says in 1917 WB Thurman and
FF... what is that? Sayer founded
California cedar products company
Stockton California the company which
quickly grew to be the world's leading
supplier of California incense cedar
pencil slats was sold to the Berolzheimer
family 1927 and it has remained a
family-owned business ever since. now
Blackwing is proud to be part of the
cedar cal cedar family to celebrate the
cal cedar centennial we've introduced a
special commemorative pencil available
exclusively to our Blackwing volume
subscribers. the pencil features a
natural finish and extra firm. yeah there
you go extra firm. graphite core and will
be available for purchase by subscribers
on 12/05, so that was a few days ago. and
then it gives you ordering information
there. so see this one right here is an
extra firm graphite core as well now. in
here is the box of the Blackwing 16  2
- and
let's see well no it's not extra firm
it's just firm graphite. so that's cool. I
like I like balanced or soft myself I
just like dark even though you don't
have to sharpen these firm ones as much
they're like the Blackwing 602 is a
firm pencil so this has the same core as
a Blackwing 602. so let's find out what
that 16.2 stands for and here we go with
the reading again I'll read it as fast
as I possibly can. from an early age Ada
Lovelace showed an adeptness for
mathematics and an uncanny ability to
make creative connections between
seemingly disparate things and ideas she
described this ability as the
discovering faculty and it was a gift
she put to use in astounding ways in
1843 while translating an article on
Charles Babbage's analytical engine
computer ADA wrote her own thoughts and
notes on the machine these notes contain
what many consider to be the first
complete computer program earning her
the posthumous title the "Prophet of the
Computer Age". The Blackwing 16.2 is a
tribute to mathematician writer and
visionary Ada Lovelace the pencil
features a matte white finish in matte
black ferrule inspired by the simple
styling of early personal computers it
features our firm graphite formulation
ideal for both writing and mathematics
the number 16.2 is a nod to the
analytical engine storage capacity of
sixteen point two kilobytes. boy we've
come a long way. sixteen point two
kilobytes is nothing. and this says it's
zero point zero zero zero five percent
the storage of the average smartphone
boy that's lame. and the backside of each pencil bears a
binary pattern stamp of the initials she
used to sign her work A.A.L.
well there you have it folks. so let's
just check it out no I don't see any
kind of so you can see in here it's just
black black stuff nothing else no
stickers patches tickets to a Mets game
nothing like that
actually tickets to a Lakers game
would be kind of awesome. alright now I'll
throw my card in there - here we go so
let's go ahead and just check out the
pencils that's what this is all about. oK
we've already seen the box and as usual
it comes in this really smooth box and
it will have the usual wallpaper ish
inside and then we'll have a repeat of
what I just wrote
well it's really pretty and there it is
the Blackwing 16.2. may be that black
ferrule and white eraser what a
combination
now that's called contrast there folks
that's contrast
whites and blacks blacks and whites look
at that real grayish looking
(silent film music playing)
of course I've got to sharpen it and
write with it and add it to my
collection. so I'm gonna go ahead and use
this Deli sharpener.
there's a really close look of the core
and the incense cedar. really nice wood
always high quality. they use really good
wood slabs for their pencils
yeah gotta have that graphite just
coming right off the tip that's an
important thing
all right so let me just give it a
little writing here of course is gonna
write like the 602 no difference there
but I'm just gonna go ahead in because I
want to I just want to write with the
black wing what else can I tell you just
want to write with it so this here is
all about who again? Ada Lovelace was it? Ada Lovelace. let's see. yep Ada
Lovelace all right so. The palomino
Blackwing
volume 16.2 is a tribute, I got to learn
how to write, there's a tribute to Ada
Lovelace
for which
they, means somebody out there, attribute
her as being the first
computer
programmer
well it seems me and Ada would get
along just fine because I also program
computers amongst other things
so anyway. there you go. it is of course
is smooth. It's got great total value
okay
Looks good too.
well there you go. I mean. I don't know
what else to say about this pencil.
because you know it's a Blackwing and I
just recommend Blackwings all day long
all right so I'm gonna go ahead and I'm
gonna put this away in my vastly growing
collection of Blackwing  pencils and I'm
gonna add this one of course to my box
for which I and you can see right here. I
mean look at all these Blackwings that
are in here Blackwing  there's a Blackwing  there there's a Blackwing  here
and you can see the difference between a
pearl paint job in a matte white paint
job look at that
Hey so the 16.2 is a matte white as
opposed to the pearly white that comes
with the pearl which is my personal
favorite so lots of lots of wonderful
Blackwings  and other pencils and I'll
add that to my ever-growing collection
gladly. well I hope you enjoyed the
introduction to the Blackwing  16.2 if
you did please give me a thumbs up
please subscribe if you haven't done so
already and thank you so much for
watching I'll see you next time
