Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd. Office Pencil 9800 HB 12 Pieces K9800HB

Great pencils. Very good quality. Recommended.

Very nice and smooth for sketching and shading

I’m a joiner, go through a lot of pencils, I keep these for my bench work. The lead is very strong. No matter how many times I’ve dropped them, the lead remains intact. Pretty good, as far as they go

Beautiful stand-out quality pencils

Great pencil at an excellent price. They have a smooth lead and are a pleasure to use. Well worth the wait for them to get here from Japan

These are solid HB pencils for writing considering that they are high quality Japanese made ones. Wouldn’t exactly recommend these for drawing/sketching simply because the lead doesn’t transfer onto paper the same way as a proper drawing pencil would - these are designed to be writing pencils

I love wooden case pencils from Palomino Blackwings and down! These are wonderful, I really like the finish. They are very smooth for an HB and sharpen really well. at less than 40p each these are a real bargain.

An excellent writing pencil, with lovely British Racing Green paint (well, almost). Strong, smooth lead. The lead is slightly firmer than that of the Mitsubishi 9850, but the results look much the same. The effect is that the lead lasts longer between sharpenings, but it exerts a bit more "drag" on the paper. This latter effect can be desirable as some people find that the slight resistance disciplines their handwriting. Very good pencil wood smell if you want to go that far into the details. European style, not American (i.e. no rubber on the top).