Dixon Ticonderoga Wood-Cased #2 Pencils, Box of 12, Black (13953)

Excellent product and wrll delivered

Not dark as expected.

Excellent pencils. Worth the price! The only ones that actually stand up to a 10 year old boy who’s rough on things and loves to draw!

I got these because I wanted to test them against some of the more expensive pencils I have. I am pleasantly surprised by these. Not only do they write pretty smooth, but they are closer to the darkness of a Japanese HB, which is nice. The lines are darker (and less metallic) than Staedtler Norica pencils and so much less scratchy then them as well. I still cannot get over how smooth they are, considering how cheap they are. I remember Ticonderoga's from when I was in school being scratchy and always having a random piece of grit in the lead which scratched paper, but these so far haven't done that. The eraser sucks, but it does mostly erase the marks. The pencil diameter is ever so slightly thinner than other pencils. The foam grips I use which usually have some resistance, slide easily onto these pencils, but once in place, while writing the grip stays in place. Out of the 12 pencils in the box about 8 had passably centered leads. 3 were noticeably off center but still sharpenable. One was too far off center to be sharpened in a sharpener, but was sharpenable with a knife. The pencils are hard on my little manual sharpeners. I am not sure what wood is used in these but the wood has a slight reddish tint to them and don't smell like anything when sharpened. The wood seems harder than cedar. All in all they are pretty decent pencils, especially for their price!

Having seen some poor reviews I was prepared to be disappointed with the black pencils but they are not too bad. I have used the yellow ones for drawing and find them quite good and feel quite nice and the yellow are made from cedar. The black ones, however, are not made from cedar and the finish is not quite as good but for drawing they are still OK. I would not swap a yellow (made in Mexico from cedar) for a black (made in China from ?) But hey use what you have and close your eyes!

Ottimo prodotto. Rapporto qualità/prezzo non eccezionale.

Best pencils ever! I have a lot of notes and use these exclusively for that. write clearly, erase well. Most of all they sharpen evenly! The value is that they ALL work ALL the time. The grip is excellent and I just love them.