CW Pencil Enterprise

Stumbled upon a cute pencil (stationary) store while in the area. There is all kinds of pencils and also old school pencils. They sell Shinola notebooks, which are my favorite. The prices are also reasonable. You can’t step into the store without resisting the urge to buy at least one thing!

really cute little shop, full of pencils! and a few notebooks, erasers, sharpeners!
if you’re into pencils, this is your place!

Cute LITTLE shop with a bonanza of pencils. Courteous staff. I went in to buy a present for my wife — who goes thru pencils for crossword puzzles — she seems to like them so A-​OK.

A charming little store near Chinatown! I love the simple concept of a pencil store. It feels very old-​school in this modern age of technology. Like all the pictures, expect the colorful array of various types of pencils. There are special sharpeners and some journals too. There is a little desk on the side with a sample book to try out their pencil collection. Lots of unique pencils if you love writing or drawing.
The owners are very attentive, passionate, and knowledgable of their products. They accept credit card as well and wrap up your pencil purchases in a cute yellow envelope. Great if you need some for yourself or a present. Or just come in to say you went to a pencil store!

I saw an Instagram or tumblr ad for CW. I DON’T normally like sponsored ads, but this place is so dang cute.
Chloe shipped my order, which I received in less than a week to California, complete with a nice, little handwritten note.
I will be buying again!

This is a GREAT place, relatively new to retail and located in a ‘pencil-​thin space, which
was really delightful. They have everything from pencils (duh) to hand crafted pencil
Cases in wood. A pencilisto was in the store when I was and he turned me on to the
machine which dispensed authentic pencils from the olden days (ads on pencils)
meaning my era. The prices are fine, people on the lower east side Seemed to know
where the store was located and I had a grand time! Real pencils sold by REAL people.
Wow

Have had two great experiences with this charming little store, both in-​person and online.
Paid the actual storefront a visit back in May, and had a great experience — staff was helpful but not overbearing, and loved looking through the incredibly vast selection.
Recently got a mailer for Free Shipping, and decided to order through the website. Great, informative descriptions for every item, they responded to an email I sent early Friday morning in a few hours, and the shipping was lightening quick.
Great store, and I hope they’re around for a long, long time.

Such a small, cute store. Filled with pencils and pencil accessories to the brim.
Erasers, pencils, thick pencils, thin pencils, pencils with state capitals, some made out of recycled denim and some made out of recycled money, pencils with colored lead, big erasers, small erasers, notebooks, and notepads. Pencils from distributors from all different countries made out of different types of wood.
The employees are youthful, friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable.
Great, reasonable prices.
You won’t find any pens in here to speak of.
All in all, I loved it. Such a good experience.

A STORE FOR PENCILS!!!
It’s a dream come true. A bit tiny, but sufficient. Come and browse their collection of pencils, colored pencils, vintage pencils…
I bought a magic pencil. And it came in a yellow envelope neatly tied.

Made my pilgrimage, and it was awesome. Caroline is like a pencil sommelier. I told her I was a lefty who wants a dark pencil that doesn’t smear. A few minutes later, she had laid out about 7 pencils on the writing desk and asked me to try them out. In a few minutes of writing, I was in love with the Tombows. Their HBs are so much darker than other HBs, and they didn’t smear at all. All things told, I felt like I had a high end concierge experience, bought more than I was planning to, and walked out spending a mere $ 11. It is not just a store but and experience. Two thumbs up!

I popped down to New York for a quick trip and this was my first stop.
The shop is cozy and welcoming. Great selection, engaging and knowledgeable staff. I intend to stop by every time I’m in New York, but if you can’t it in person, have no fear —
…they ship. ;)

A fan of being old school and jotting things down with pencil and paper, this cute store will fill every pencil lovers’ desire. As an engineer, I do all my calculations in pencil. Tired of the boring mechanical pencils at work, I emailed Caroline for her recommendations for pencils best equipped for work and play (a novice Calligrapher on the weekends). She sent me a quick response with a list of pencils and their unique capabilities. I payed a visit to the store on a NYC date with my husband and got to try all the pencils on the list. I picked a few of my favorites and left a happy camper. Caroline is passionate about her store and I can’t wait to try more.

Made the trek to CW from JFK during a stopover back to Australia.
And it was worth every bit of the effort. New and vintage pencils are all on display and I ended up with several dozen across different sizes, types and hardness to play with on returning home.
A truly unique shop with good old fashioned service where they couldn’t help enough.
Pencils securely packaged up for the flight home and on my way after a great experience.
Well done !

Is this an episode of Portlandia? No. It’s just a pencil store in Lower East Side.
I don’t understand how a place like this can operate as its own brick and mortar, but I love it. I do consider myself a pretty big fan of pencils (well, as big a fan as one can really be) as my sloppy handwriting always looks nicer in pencil (not by much) due to the softer drag across a sheet of paper. Lucky for anyone who shares a similar admiration, CW Pencils has an insane selection to choose from.
From as little as $ 0.50 per pencil to varieties stemming from Switzerland and costing upwards of $ 4 each, it’s a place to geek out on writing utensils. For über pencil dorks, there’s even a scratch pad where you can compare the feel of different types before buying. That’s pretty next level, but there were definitely people in the store breathing rapidly and drooling from their mouths after getting a feel for the different features and textures.
They have a small selection of blank notebooks for sale as well. Besides that and a few sharpeners, somehow they manage to pay rent on both their business and residence selling pencils to dwellers of downtown New York City.
God bless America.

Loved chatting with the owner who has pursued her dream to make this little pencil shop happen. It’s an adorable, little sun-​filled nook that is so clean and uplifting. Caroline spent at least 20 minutes working on my custom pencil order and I was happy chatting and browsing. Stop by this cute little place and learn to love pencils the way Caroline does – she’s inspiring!

I went to this great little shop after reading about it on Gothamist. I sent the info to a friend who is a hand lettering artist and Instagram celebrity in the hand drawing circuit and we decided to go there together. We had a great time in this quirky little spot. The owner is delightful. And her presence in front of the red velvet curtain bespeaks of a David Lynchian aesthetic. I haven’t drawn in years but my friend bought a nice bunch of art supplies and we both left happy. The best part for me were the gorgeous chrome sharpeners. I see this store doing very well and ending up on Madison Avenue one day.