Excellent quality, writes very well, also good art pencils. Definitely worth the money. Feels very comfortable in hand when using them. Plenty of extra lead for the pencils. The erasers are very good quality & doesn’t make a mess on the paper. The only thing bad about this was the shipping time. The order was not showing the item weas pulled until 2 days after it was supposed to be here. When all is said and done. The quality of the pencils are definitely worth the wait! Read more
Pencils in a pack. Has extra lead, erasers and Nicpro just makes good equipment overall. The pencils always feel excellent in hand and have a nice grip so your fingers don’t feel strain as fast. Design is simple but elegant. Has ease of reloading lead from the top and is super lightweight. It has also a small carrying case that slips into your pocket nicely. Read more
My decades-long hunt for a good mechanical pencil (since they stopped making the slim Niji pencils I loved) has ended! These Nicpro metal "drafting" pencils are everything I've wanted in a pencil, and, in fact, more than I looked for. I use them not for drawing but for writing, especially for tasks such as marking up manuscripts, making notes in the margins of books, lists and the like. Most important: they write beautifully, with a dark but thin and accurate line, using superb leads that move easily over paper, neither catching nor sliding; in other words, the pencils are completely controllable and responsive. Next, they have a good, textured rubberized grip, and the mechanism to advance the lead works easily. A huge problem for me in the past has been erasers. Maybe more expensive pencils come with good erasers, but at the alarming pace with which I loose pencils, I don't buy expensive ones. The Nicpro's erasers erase fully without even a hint of smudging or paper-abrasion, and, given that fact, they last a surprisingly long time. As if that weren't enough, they include in the package a bunch of replacement erasers--I've never seen that before!--and, for good measure, some large erasers that are just as good as the ones on the pencils. Plus lots of extra leads. The design is simple, modern and pleasing. OK, if I were designing it, I'd probably make the clip matte like the rest of the body rather than shiny, but that's an infinitesimally tiny quibble when placed alongside the huge advantages--and the only I can come up with. Other than why I didn't notice these pencils years ago! I've happily rooted through my desk drawer and thrown out all of the pencils that have been irritating me, and laid in a supply of these. I should mention that I also bought a set from the Nicpro pastel series (I think there are two), which are attractive in their own way, and liked them nearly as much for all of the same reasons as above. They seem to write a bit darker, or with a slightly broader, not quite as precise, line--I don't understand why this would be the case--and they're still a pleasure to write with, but when I want more precision, like writing notes in the margins of a book, I prefer the metal "drafting" pencils. Read more
Love the look, great value. .05 helps so much with my kids' handwriting, ease and smooth. Nice grip and case makes it convenient. The only problem is case doesn't like to stay closed in the book bag. Will be again. Read more
