Best cheap bulk pencils
Researched by Deal.ai's shopping agent across stores on November 2, 2026. Prices below are today's.
Top pick: Musgrave 144 factory seconds. A full gross of real American-made wood pencils for about the price of a couple of fancy dozen-packs — the cheapest sensible way to get a big pile. They're seconds, so expect cosmetic flaws and mixed hex/round barrels, but the graphite writes fine and buyers rate them highly.
Who the others suit:
- Golden Bear 144 bulk — if you want clean, uniform blue #2s for a classroom or office and don't mind paying more per pencil.
- ForestChoice 12-pack — small household use; natural cedar, no paint, nice to hold.
- Seagull 600 / 1000-count and the 576/800-packs — schools, testing days or events where you need hundreds pre-sharpened at once.
- Blackwing 200-set — a treat for people who actually care about the pencil, not a bulk bargain.
Skip mechanical pencils if you want classic wood-and-eraser pencils.
