Uni Mitsubishi 9800VB Pencil HB, Set of 12

Mitsubishi has offered the 9800 office pencil for almost 80 years, with very few changes to the design since its introduction in 1946. So we jumped at the chance to carry this surprising and thoroughly contemporary update, which boasts a gorgeous color and an interesting technological innovation.

Here's the interesting part: that lovely sky-blue coating isn't just paint. It's made with a new antiviral coating called "Virus Block" (hence the 9800VB model number) that was jointly created by Tokyo Institute of Technology and Keio University.