In August and September last year I started a Blackwing subscription

A big concern for me when I did it was if I used enough pencils to justify it. The short answer is no, or at least kind of no.

At the point of writing I have two unopened Volume boxes, plus about 20 other pencils I haven’t sharpened yet.

So I cancelled it.

At this rate I’d probably end up with 1.5 boxes more than I use if I bought no other pencils; something that will never happen. So we are probably talking more like 2-3 boxes more than I use in reality.

If they had a option to get either 4 or 6 pencils per shipment instead of 12 it might have been an option for me.