Faber-Castell Pitt Graphite 9B Pure Pencil

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To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. If you wanted to draw more lightly with them you’d need to use the H grades, but because these stop at only 3H there would be a limit to how light you could go. Caran d'ache Grafwood Graphite Pencils are professional artist pencils They are available in 15 different graduations from 9B to 4H. The Cretacolor Monolith pencil is woodless - just 7mm of graphite with a thin lacquer coating - which allows you to use a huge range of strokes and techniques.

They are the lightest of all the pencil ranges I’m reviewing here and the harder grades make a very fine mark, but I don’t find them scratchy or the graphite overly shiny. Although Conté are well known and popular in the UK their graphite drawing pencil range is not widely sold which surprises me because it really is very good. If they aren’t, you’ll encounter that gritty, ‘scratchy’ feeling (and sometimes even a squeaky noise) when you hit a lump of clay and your pencil doesn’t make a good mark.Cass Art, Cass Art London and the Cass Art logo are trade marks and trade names of Art-Line Limited. Art Design pencils are encased in pure cedar wood with an ultra-fine, extra-resistant graphite lead.

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In either case they are surprisingly cheap which I find quite baffling because they are such an excellent pencil. They come unsharpened and it’s a bit of a killer on the wrist to sharpen a whole tin’s worth, unless you have an electric sharpener.

The Lumographs run a bit darker and softer making them the ideal mid-tone pencil, and the lighter grades feel smoother than the equivalent grades in the 9000s due to the slightly higher graphite ratio. For example, they mention it's a very nice pencil, perfect for fine dark tones, and an absolute joy to draw with. The "green pencil from Faber", which was already being mentioned with approval by Van Gogh and Goethe, has now become part of everyday life. Companies apply the grading scale as they wish and as you can see there can be wild disparity between ranges, with a HB grade in a very dark range like Tombow’s ‘Mono’ pencil equating tonally to around a 5B in a very light range such as Faber-Castell’s ‘9000’ pencil.CRETACOLOR, as the only Austrian manufacturer of arts supplies, is able to work with centuries of experience and tradition and stands for high quality products. Derwent's Graphic Pencils are made from the finest quality graphite and purest clays for a smooth line. We won’t ask any questions, you’ll never hear us challenge your decision and we will make sure you won’t have to wait long for your full refund.

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The grade is printed on every facet which makes it easy to locate the shade that you want and the hexagonal casing has nicely softened edges making it very comfortable to hold. I’d also prefer the hexagon facets on the casing to have very slightly softer edges because they are a little sharper than some of the other ranges. The pencils don’t seem to be as well bonded as the Faber-Castells and Staedtlers and break more easily especially when you sharpen them, though this may be due in part to the soft crumbliness of the very dark leads.