[2-PACK] - General Pencil Charcoal Pencil Kit - 5 pcs ea (557bp)

My granddaughter asked for pastel pencils. She was thrilled

Excellent quality of pencils. Perfect for my art class!

These pencils write easily on just about any type of papper, smooth, fluid marks, Love them!

These are the nicest raw wood pencils I've found. They are good for writing and for drawing. They always sharpen nicely too. My kids love using them for their special drawings.

These are US made, have a lovely cedar smell and are quality pencils. I read about these pencils on a site that described the best pencils and pens to use for archival work. On the site people reported that the erasers last forever.

great pencils...smell good too

Great for writing. Great for sketching! An artist friend gave me a box and I am hooked!

Pencils have a nice feel and of course the great scent of cedar.

My mom would buy me these pencils when I was a child as I was always very passionate about art and drawing. I've always loved drawing very detailed portraiture and animals. To this day they're still my all-time favorite pencils. I've tried many other brands but always come back to these. They're an amazing and versitile medium. I just wish they weren't as expensive (even though they're 100% worth the price).

Cedar wood is the superior wood for graphite pencils, as it has a good resistance to splitting in an electric sharpener. It used to be the standard, but now there's a whole generation that has missed out on this information and will take "any" pencil, thinking they're all the same. They're not: insist on cedar. There are other qualities to look for in a wooden pencil, but they're all but missing in today's manufacturing. The attention has shifted to mechanical pencils, but nothing beats the balance of a wooden pencil that will also fit easily between your ear and head or tangentially placed in a lady's coiffure. Try that with a mechanical...they don't work.