O'BONanza is ready!

Ripped off by US Government

O'BON LLC recently imported its first container of pencils into the USA. They had to pay 114% duty on the recycled pencils. This is to stop "dumping." The money paid to customs for "dumping" goes directly to support the pencil industry in the USA. This would all be understandable if "dumping" was involved and, more importantly, there was a recycled pencil industry effected by the "dumping." Bare with me on my logic.
O'BON imports recycled newspaper pencils and the 114% tax goes to support the USA wood pencil industry. Excuse me, where is the logic in this? Cutting down trees to make pencils, to us, is a bad use of our limited resources and the wood cutting industry plays a big part in global warming through deforestation. Wood pencils are part of this problem. So, for O'BON to simply give this money to wood pencil manufacturers seems unfair and unjust. Our concept, technology and innovation supports an old, outdated and global warming industry. The energy consumed and the footprint size of wood pencil manufacturers is big. Frankly, O'BON is appalled and seeks any advice out of this situation. Giving our money to wood pencil manufacturers is painful for us.
If our money went to the recycled newspaper pencil business in the USA, this would be tolerable, but to support wood cutting and deforestation is beyond acceptable. Any ideas?

 
  O'BONanaza is coming soon.  A whole series of beautiful fruit notebooks, memo pads, file folders, spiral notebooks and 3 ring binders all matching and celebrating the introduction of our O'BONanza 2B fruit pencils. These recycled pencils are just (as my daughter says) "too cute."  
The idea behind these recycled products are to celebrate "life."  When we taste an apple, a strawberry or a kiwi a splash of unequal flavor and taste explodes. Wow!  And these fruits are so good for us.  We celebrate their beauty and the antioxidants (and health) they generate.   We have a total of 9 fruit pencils and lots of notebooks. The art is fantastic - take a look at the dew on the apple.

New O'BON Poster (Steven Loh, Australia)

O'BON lasts longer!

For over 400 years, wood pencil makers have taken graphite and surrounded it in a wood casing. There is almost always an air gap between the two pieces of wood.  Drop the pencil, there is vibration. This vibration snaps the brittle graphite.   Bang an OBON pencil on your desk, then sharpen it. No breakage. OBON pencils will usually last you 3 times longer.

O'BON introduces more products

O'BON will be introducing a whole new line of office stationery. These will include memo pads, notebooks, file folders, spiral notebooks (3 sizes) and 3 ring binders. All will be made from recycled paper, recycled newspaper, water-based glue and vegetable ink. Oh, and are they beautiful as we continue to follow our slogan, "Something Different."

Why O'BON pencils last longer....