{"id":10835,"date":"2019-11-28T06:30:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T13:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=10835"},"modified":"2019-11-24T13:34:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T20:34:27","slug":"mirado-black-warrior-pencil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/mirado-black-warrior-pencil\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirado Black Warrior Pencil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00WP5AVDY\/cooltools-20\">Mirado Black Warrior pencil<\/a> ($8 for 36 pencils) is made in the USA from high quality materials, available practically everywhere, and, very importantly, cheap (hey, it&#8217;s a pencil, after all).<\/p>\n<p>The Black Warrior&#8217;s No. 2\/HB graphite is darker and softer than standard No. 2&#8217;s and has a wax additive to make it smoother. The writing experience is noticeably superior to most other pencils. It&#8217;s easier and more satisfying to write with, with less effort involved. The barrel is round, with a good hand feel, but that also means it rolls off inclined surfaces. One other con: the Pink Pearl eraser has pumice in it, which can abrade paper, unlike nylon erasers.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, it is flawless (and the cedar is pleasingly aromatic when freshly sharpened). Cheaper pencils aren&#8217;t a bargain if they&#8217;re hard to sharpen, scratchy to write with, and the lead tends to break. More expensive graphite pencils that are more suited to artists, along with the frequently mentioned Blackwings, don&#8217;t seem as practical at $20 for 12, in my opinion. They&#8217;re like the Ferraris of pencils, and harder to source than the Mirado.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve used these pencils for over a year, and haven&#8217;t found one that has more bang for the buck. Paired with the <a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/kum-long-point-pencil-sharpener\/\">Kum sharpener<\/a>, these are a no-brainer part of my EDC (every day carry). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inexpensive Smooth Writing Wood Pencil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[31],"tags":[2315,1436],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10835"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34842,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10835\/revisions\/34842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}