Matte Pencils - 12 Count

I used to swear by the black ones, but these are slightly harder yet just about as dark, and the lines are cleaner. Excellent for writing music, specifically, but also words, and drawing, which people are probably doing more often than writing music with them. Which is too bad. A lost art, writing music. People still do it! I do. To what end, I have no idea. But these are the pencils to waste your life with, if that's your plan! The quality is just spectacular, and the graphite is >chef's kiss<. You really do get what you pay for. Three dollars for a pencil? Worth every penny-cil.

These are hands down my favorite and potentially one of the best doodle/all around sketch pencil out there. While they are certainly pricier, they are worth it. I’ve had my original set for years and I still have 6 pencils I haven’t even touched yet. I knew these would be my go tos for years to come so I bought another set. Different style, but same lead quality as the previous ones I have with the black eraser. Reasons why I live these: 1 lead does not break easily in any sharpener. I only had the lead break once and that was because I really screwed up the angle of the blade to the pencil and was really rough with it. I have been able to sharpen these in electric, Long point, and metal sharpeners along with an X-Acto knife 2. They feel good to hold. Like seriously I feel my brain and hand are more in sync with these pencils and they just help with the work flow of my drawing getting it from my mind to the paper. Easy to hold and control the pressure. Not to mention the way the eraser end is made, it still allowed me to draw with a semi awkward grip even when it was a literal stub (ie no more pencil left and just the pointed part). This allowed me to use it until the last possible moment 3. The lead glides so nickels on all paper types. I’ve drawn in Bristol and papers with tougher textures and the pencil glides so well but still providing enough friction for control. A great all rounder based on the pressure you use allowing you to lightly doodle to drawing darker outlines to even basic shading. All with one pencil. Makes it great as a traveling tool when you want to practice or get tough ideas out. 4. It erases pretty cleanly. The erasers work reasonably well given not as well as my kneadable or vinyl erasers, but for use with just this pencil, they get the job done. The shake of the eraser allows for more control in the size of the area you want to erase and you don’t need to use a lot of pressure. Not to mention you can pull it out and extend the eraser when you have rubbed it down too much. Though depending on how much you erase, they don’t feel they will last the full life if the pencil itself.

I have to preface this by saying I am not a big pencil user since most of the time I must use a pen for work purposes, and for legal documents I use a fountain pen. However, I read this neat story about a fellow who ran a pencil company who bought the rights to the Blackwing pencil name. The previous maker had stopped production, likely due to reducing demand. However there have been a very loyal group of pencil enthusiasts clamoring for the Blackwing (Paying up to $10 a pencil!!!) And this fellow went and made a reasonable facsimile. It's amazing how there were online discussions about how great these pencils were and then another group putting them down because they were not exactly the same. So, I decided to test them out. I was actually very impressed with how good they were. I especially like the 602 over the original. The appearance and attention to detail are excellent, and the wide eraser is a good touch (I erase a lot). So I compared the 602 to some of the much cheaper standards like Ticonderoga, Staedtler, Mirado black Warrior (all 2HB). I preferred the 602 and I think it was not just subjective. The lead feels softer than the rest, with a darker line, but wore just as slowly. It feels smoother than the rest with the exception of the Staedtler. So I sent a few to my son who is a middle school teacher this year. He hardly gets excited about much, but he went nuts about these. He really thought they were great. He said it made his week (yikes, over a pencil?) So are they worth nearly 2 bucks each? For me, yes. I wont break the bank by buying a box that will last me years, and when I need a pencil (tax time and conceptual planning) I will reach for these. Update: I still think these are the best pencils available and I found a way to improve them. I erase an awful lot and sometimes I just don't have a separate block eraser. The included eraser is much bigger than the usual round eraser. If you are good with a razor you could measure the size of the removable stick eraser and cut out a replacement from something like a Pentel polymer or a black pearl eraser and keep in erasing with a partly used pencil. All in all it's still worth the price.

These pencils are awesome. Yes, they're expensive.But I like them a lot. I only use them for special things.

Excellent pencils. Nice and smooth.

602の書き心地は別格だと思います 本数が少なくなったので、注文しようと調べたら、5割増しの価格になっていたので 代替えはないかと、uni HI-uni mono と試したのですが、 目を瞑って書くと、何度やっても602を当てることができてしまう まだmono100を試していないので、それがだめなら・・・・・・ってところですね

Excelentes lápis.

They feel like silk when writing with them. The story regarding their usage by other important people has the inspiration role. They deliver what they state and from my perspective they inspire to chanel my thoughts from mind to paper. I would recommend this product for the experience that it provides

Is a pencil just a pencil? I have to say I used to think like that but I’ve been drawing for several years and tried a variety of pencil makes – Tombow, Derwent, woodless, mechanical. Loads of types and they’re all different. I attend a life drawing session every week and on one a friend gave me a Blackwing 602. She explained that she’d had to buy a box of 12 because she couldn’t find them sold anywhere individually. I liked it so much I bought a box of 12 myself. It’s a great sketching pencil and has the ability to draw lightly (like an H or HB) yet produce dark lines (like a 2B). It’s a real hybrid pencil, smooth to use and glides well over the paper. I use 170gsm Artway Studio Cartridge paper and it’s the perfect pencil. Another excellent feature is the rubber, which can be moved out as it wears and performs like a proper rubber, not like the rubber tips on those school HB pencils. It’s well shaped and a great asset to the pencil. It also stops it rolling off an uneven platform! The pencils are quite long at 20cm compared to others (Derwent are 18) so make sure they’ll fit in your pencil case and I like the fact that they come in a robust box with a nice design. I think I’ll stick with this brand for the foreseeable future. I like it a lot and I think that even at over £2.25 per pencil it’s worth the expense. Give it a try.