STAEDTLER 120S1 BK4D Noris Blister Set

I have been using Staedtler branded pencils for over 30 years since I was in primary school and I still use them today.Every year I easily go through about 50 of these pencils in my workshop through normal use but also I have a habit of losing them among the wood shavings and dust.They are a great all rounder graphite pencil that are strong and sharpen well and not anything like those cheap and awful Chinese made pencils which when sharpened their leads just break all the time. The pencils hexagon shape feels good in the hand even for extended periods of time and helps with grip to control the pencil during use. The eraser on the end works very well and is high quality again nothing like cheap erasers which end up tearing up the paper as opposed to erasing pencil marks.In the workshop these pencils get knocked about and dropped pretty much constantly but never had a problem with broken leads these things just keep working as intended regardless of the abuse given.Definitely a high quality affordable pencil that I will continue to use for another 30 years.

Bought for exams which I had coming up and they were excellenteverybody's favourite brand and I can see why

✤ STAEDTLER® NORIS® HB PENCILS (120) (2 mm)✤ PACK of 10✤ STAEDTLER® ERASER & SHARPENER included‘Made in Germany’Currently at a bargain price via the Amazon ‘Add-On Programme’, this represents great value to me, especially for stocking up the stationery cupboard ahead of the busy spring-summer season.I also keep a pack in my bag...just in case, 'A N Other' forgets theirs!Measuring around 23.25 cm x 6.5 cm x 2 cm, the blister pack was bubble-wrapped and secure in a strong cardboard outer for safe transit.It contains 10 x full length, ready-to-use ‘HB’ pencils, 1 x quality,  good-sized, 'Mars plastic' eraser , measuring around 6 cm x 2 cm x 1 cm, which is wrapped in the pack along with 1 x standard one-hole, reasonable quality plastic sharpener (BLUE in my pack).Allowing for the bright RED dipped end & nicely sharpened point, each YELLOW & BLACK stripy, hexagonal-barrelled pencil measures around 17.5 cm out of the pack.On one side of the barrel, in GOLD-coloured lettering:📝 'MADE IN GERMANY ~ STAEDTLER ~ Noris ~ HB 2'...on another is the individual bar-code detail.From the pack:📝 ‘Efficient for ecology ~ Wood from certified, sustainably managed forests’ooOoo📝 Manufacturer detail:✔ 'High quality pencil for writing, drawing and sketching✔ Ideal for school and office use✔ Unbelievably break-resistant through special lead formulation and super-bonded lead✔ 5 degrees available : 2B/B/HB/H/2H✔ Wood from certified, sustainably managed forests' [10 images refer] good-sized, 'Mars plastic' eraser

This mixed pack of the reliable Staedtler Noris pencils are good value. You get a 2B,B,HB,H and 2H in a blister pack. I use these pencils for tracing and transferring designs where you need a solid, hard lead. I feel Staedtler's grades are harder than other brands so look elsewhere for my soft sketching pencils, saving these for where I need a clean line. They sharpen and erase well, don't break easily and keep their point well. These are a good set for technical drawing and the occasions when you need a harder lead.

I have been looking around for ages now for some good pencils with a rubber that actually works. Most end of pencil rubbers are hard and just leave an ugly smudge. I asked a question about the efficiency of the rubbers at the end of these pencils from other buyers on Amazon and the replies were mainly positive. I am delighted now that I have actually got a box of these pencils. They are the best I have ever had.