The Generals MultiPastel Chalk Pencils 12 Color is made at General Pencil Company’s Jersey City, New Jersey facility (and Redwood City, CA). Sustainable California incense cedar barrels, US-sourced graphite or charcoal cores, and the quality control that’s kept General Pencil in business since 1889.
Used by professional illustrators, drawing students, fine artists, and architects who need pencils with consistent graphite grade and clean sharpening. General Pencil is America’s oldest pencil maker still in continuous production — six generations of pencil-making heritage.
General Pencil Company has been making pencils in Jersey City, NJ since 1889 — America’s oldest pencil maker still in production. Drawing pencils, charcoal, pastel chalk pencils, and accessories made from sustainable California incense cedar.






