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Archer Pencil by Baron Fig — Ultralight minimal pencil
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@gadgick Nick awesome! We're glad to release them. Get a whole new writing experience along with your Confidant!
Adam and Joey pour so much of themselves into every product, the refinement is always visible in the details. Looking forward to this slick, ultra-light-weight companion to my Baron Figs. Keep up the great work!
@chasethetruth Chase thanks much man! Appreciate all the good words and can't wait to see what people do with the pencils!
Incredible craftsmanship like all of Baron Fig's digital and analog tools. Nice work!
@chrismessina How about an Uber/Baron Fig promotion - SWD (sketch while driving)? 🚗✏️👏
I love a good pencil. However, the site doesn't look great on a tablet in portrait. The "Years in the Making" and "Writable Words" boxes get cut off by about 50%.
A beautiful graphite companion to the Squire! Lovely design and marketing work as always, you guys!
Hey Product Hunters, you guys have been majorly supportive with feedback and enthusiasm since we launched the Confidant notebook on PH a couple of years ago. Major thanks! Let us know if you have any Q's.
The marketing page does seem a bit like a spoof. I mean, who doesn't understand what a pencil is and the benefits of a pencil? If it is a "high end pencil", what does that mean? What makes it better? Those might be better things to put on their site.
"The first thing you’ll notice when you hold the Archer is how light it is—and how easy it is to use." - Seriously? Doesn't that describe all standard pencils?
I love their notebooks, but this does seem a bit spoofy, like it could be released on April 1st. I'm probably wrong and I'm sure there is a reason for the expense, but it's not clear to me from reading the content on the product page.
@ericf_ I don't get it either, although I'm not steeped in the world of writing instruments. The branding is great and all, but Office Depot sells a dozen HB pencils for $1.59. If there's a reason these are 800% better than generic pencils, the website doesn't entirely explain why.
I swear I thought this was satire at first. I mean it's a well-designed pencil, but its a pencil. A pencil that costs 4 times as much as ticondegras.
@cameronjroe Thanks Cameron! Glad getting the pencils released. Been working on them for well over a year!
I tried probably every single electronic note taking app out there (because, geek) and I always, always gravitated back towards paper and a pencil - much to my chagrin at times. Looks like a gorgeous pencil, well designed and fit for the job. Well done.
Btw, if you guys would release a 8 1/2 x 11 Confidante, I'd buy it. My notebooks have a lot of scraps of paper in them, including printouts of stuff. I need size. :)
@zefareu presumably it's higher quality than a pack that you can buy for $3. There are pens that cost way more than 600% than a pack of Bics. These seem comparable to Blackwings (except the eraser) which costs more. I obviously wasn't part of the design process, but I'm guessing the idea was that someone would have a separate high-quality eraser since most pencil erasers suck.
@zefareu you obviously haven't ever heard of a Swiss Wood pencil by Caran d'Ache. $4.50 per pencil. I buy them by the half dozen. Why? Because they're great and to me they're worth it. Also, most pencils made don't have erasers. Really, search for CW Pencils and look around. Vintage Blackwing pencils go for more than $30 per. Just because you don't appreciate something doesn't mean it's not extremely valuable to other people who have the money to pay for it. Then again, I'm an idiot. I think businesses should make great things and charge a fair and company sustaining amount for those things.
@zefareu They aren't as expensive as Palomino Blackwing Pencils - which are the current gold standard.
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