General’s Calendar Pencil Review
The General’s Cedar Pointe is one of my favourite pencils so I was looking forward to trying another one of their range, the Calendar pencil. Price: $0.70 Lead grade options:…
Caran d’Ache Grafwood Pencil Review
Last week I reviewed the Caran d’Ache Edelweiss, a reasonable writing pencil that is inexplicably extremely hard to get in the UK. The Grafwood, in contrast, is a drawing pencil…
Caran d’Ache Edelweiss Wooden Pencil Review
Caran d’Ache generally make quite expensive things, some of which are quite nice. One example is the Swiss Wood, which isn’t expensive when compared to, say, a Ferrari but at…
Mitsubishi 9852EW Wooden Pencil Review
The Mitsu-Bishi 9852EW is a rare beast: a Japanese pencil with an eraser. It's reasonably priced and is for Master Writing, whatever that is. Price: $1.30 (USA) Lead grade options:…
Tombow 2558 Wooden Pencil Review
The Tombow 2558 is a simple yellow pencil for, in Tombow’s own words, “general writing”. Price: $1 to $1.20 each Lead grade options: H, HB, B Barrel colours: Only yellow…