We were notified this week that our vendor for our pencils & markers has sold their inventory to another company. As the transition of inventory takes place, we wanted to notify you that there may be a delay in us receiving inventory and some product offerings may change in the future. We apologize for the inconvenience and will do whatever we can to continue to offer the products you have purchased from Archival Methods in the past. As we are provided with additional information, we will continue to inform you with updates.

Available quantities are listed below and we will temporary remove listings if inventory is depleted.

Cretacolor Monolith Woodless Pencils are your solution to how to write on photographs! We consulted with the experts and they pointed us to this product.

In addition to the pre-packaged 7 Component Pocket Set and accessories, we created a Graphite Pencil Kit especially for writing on the backs of modern plastic-coated photos.

Please note: graphite can smear. The softer the graphite, the more likely it is to smear. This is why we recommend using #2 or HB pencil for paper and 4B or 6B for plastic-coated photos. You can use a soft brush or blower to remove excess pencil dust. In our tests on RC photo paper, the 4B/6B smudges if you make an effort to smear it with your finger - wiping it with some pressure. The more pressure used, the more it will smear.

As they are woodless they might not work with every pencil sharpener. We tested with an automatic sharpener and it worked. But it may go through the pencil more quickly. We recommend a quality handheld sharpener. We learned that these pencils are more fragile and likely to break if dropped than their wood cousins.