Matte Pencils, Soft Graphite for Writing & Drawing, 12 Count

Soft, smooth, rich lines for drawing.

These are the finest pencils I have used. I mark up sheet music which comes with frequent erasures. For my use I need a pencil that leaves clear dark markings, a controllable width, easy clear erasures and long point life. Although a bit pricier than most these pencils are worth every penny of it!

I'm a person who loves writing by hand, but I have a pretty bad hand tremor, so writing has become quite difficult. my favorite pen for many years, a micron 05, really doesn't work for me anymore for lots of reasons. often I have to put some sort of sleeve on the writing instrument so that I can hold it, and a pen with a cap (like micron pens) must be undressed and redressed with the sleeve every time I close it. no good. however, recently I remembered how much I liked to write with a good pencil when I was learning to write chinese characters, and I (amazon to the rescue again) ordered these blackwing matte pencils. happy day!!! I can write comfortably with it, I can put a sleeve on it (and leave it on!), and best of all I can erase the many random excursions my hand makes while writing. the lead is perfect, hard enough to take a point when I want it, and soft enough to give some gradation in the line. for the first time in a long time I can sit down and work on my daily journal, my garden journal, my recipe journal. thank you thank you for these pencils!!!

My mother introduced me to these pencils. She used them to keep score when she and her friends played bridge because it was easier to see the numbers or whatever. I got some for myself to use for drawing, and I love them. The soft lead gives a dark line and if you like to blend when shading it works well for that. I have trouble with getting writer's cramp too easily, but since you can draw or write using very little pressure it helps a lot with that. Since the lead is soft, you need to sharpen them frequently. A dozen pencils come in a very attractive box which you can stand on your desk or table. The pencils are rather expensive but well worth every penny.

Best pencils ever! I teach music and my students are obsessed with these. It's so funny. They beg me to let them use them to write in their music. The lead is soft and dark, and the eraser is nice and wide (and replaceable, apparently.) They are a bit pricey, but a nice splurge if you are a musician or teacher.

These pencils are fabulous! I use them everyday for taking notes. Only pencils I use as they write so smooth and dark.

These Palomino Blackwings put down a really nice dark rich smooth line. They have a slightly softer lead than the Blackwing 602s, and are slightly darker and smoother to write with because of that. They do require more frequent sharpening than the 602s but both pencils maintain their point fairly well. The matte finish is very comfortable in the hand, and is one of the things that makes this pencil superior to the glossy 602. Two minor complaints: 1) These pencils are too long. This is something that will only affect some people. In my case, I wanted a couple of these pencils to fit into a pencil bag that was designed for normal pencils. I had to sharpen off about half an inch to be able to get them in there. I really think these should be at least a half inch shorter overall. 2)The ferrule is too wide. I thought this would be a nice thing for the novelty when I first bought these, but I have decided that it is actually a bit annoying. I would prefer a ferrule that does not extend beyond the width of the pencil. One of the problems with a big ferrule is that you can not secure them under a strap next to each other without wasting space. I will say that these ferrules are very well made and very firmly attached to the pencil. The deal breaker: My biggest issue with these pencils is that they will not erase cleanly. The included erasers are decent, although gritty, but they will not completely remove what you want to erase. This is not the fault of the eraser, it is an issue with the lead formulation. Even with my awesome Staedtler Mars plastic eraser, the lines will not completely come off the paper. No other pencil I have ever used has had such a bad problem with this. I don't mind paying a bit more for something that is better, but the pros are balanced out by the cons, so I feel like I paid too much for these. And, by the way, the Blackwing series is made in Japan (many people seem to think that they are made in the United States).

I’m an artist that works in graphite. These are the absolutely the highest quality pencil I have ever used. They are soft and extremely easy to work with. When sharpened with the BlackWing sharpener, the point is long with a very sharp point. I have no need to ever try another graphite pencil!

J'ai tellement lu de critiques dithyrambiques sur ces crayons qu'il a fallut les essayer. Les prix étaient exorbitants et totalement déraisonnables, jusqu'à ce que je tombe sur ce set de 12 sur Amazon. 12 crayons pour un essai, ça fait un peu beaucoup... Alors certes, ils ne sont pas aussi "2 fois plus rapides" ou "2 fois plus noirs" ou "2 fois plus je-ne-sais-quoi" comme annoncé. Et on ne dessine pas 2 fois mieux avec non plus. Mais ils sont franchement agréables à utiliser, et c'est une expérience à tenter. De toute manière de bons crayons c'est toujours plus cher, et ceux-ci ne sont pas tellement plus chers que d'autres. Voir les vidéos de démonstration sur Youtube qui achèveront ou non de vous convaincre. A savoir que la gomme se libère pour la sortir un peu plus quand elle commence à s'user. (Il y a un peu plus de 2cm de gomme au total). Et la marque proposes d'autres modèles. Le fin du fin, taillez vos crayons avec le taille crayon Palomino, qui fait une pointe bien effilée ! Du bon crayon pour se faire plaisir.

Ótimos. Recomendo

Would buy again.

とても書きやすい鉛筆ですが、生産中止になり残念です

I purchased these pencils after watching Karen Campbell on you tube using them, and they are brilliant, very happy with my purchase.