Cretacolor Fine Art Graphite Pencils and Set

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Well known for their superior quality, these traditional pencils are made by mixing and then grinding together different types of graphite with high-grade fireproof ceramic clay. This special clay gives the graphite high breaking strength.
Creatacolor Fine Art Graphite Pencils are the ultimate tools for all sketching drawing and hatching applications Cretacolor is the direct manufacturing descendent of the company started by Joseph Hardtmuth in 1790 which produced the first pencil leads by using a mixture of graphite and clay Well known for their superior quality these traditional pencils are made by mixing and then grinding together different types of graphite with highgrade fireproof ceramic clay This special clay gives the graphite high breaking strength The proportion of graphite to clay determines the softness and darkness of the lead Hardness/softness grades from 9B (softest) to H cover the full range of applications Softer grades produce broader and darker strokes Harder grades produce more precise and lighter strokes Creatacolor Fine Art Graphite Pencils are housed in a hard cedar wood casing which guarantees utmost strength and easy sharpening Pencils are presharpened**Tin Box Set of 12** This set includes one each of 9B 8B 7B 6B 5B 4B 3B 2B B HB F and 2H in a tin box

This pocket tin set contains 3 wood-cased graphite pencils (HB, 2B and 4B), 2 graphite sticks (4B and 6B), one jumbo graphite stick (2B) and woodless