Customer Reviews

(11 customer reviews)

5 out of 5 people found the following review helpful

  For any artist wanting..., February 15, 2011

By robthenrobert

For any artist wanting precision out there, this is the equivalent mechanical pencil version of Col-Erase non-photo blue pencil. It's very erasable and it’s a light baby blue color. I totally stocked up on these because I use it a lot for my under drawings. I wouldn't say these leads are easily breakable. It seems to be somewhat in the middle. If I had to give it a scale of 1-10 in breakability, I'd say 7. It’s strong enough to put some pressure on it without it breaking, but breakable enough for those who really put a lot of unconscious force into drawing or writing.

3 out of 3 people found the following review helpful

  Very nice lead for my..., December 14, 2010

By eugenebl

Very nice lead for my purposes; I use it for rough work before inking, because scanners don't pick up this shade of blue when scanning in black & white. It fades over time if exposed to sunlight (see the article on Dave's Mechanical Pencil blog), but this is okay if you work quickly or don't expose it to too much light. It could even be an advantage if you don't want the lines to stay. It's also very easily erasable.

2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful

  The only negative review..., February 25, 2011

By pinkryo

The only negative review on this pencil must have been a joke - this lead is wonderful and as durable as any 0.5 mm lead. Perhaps they have heavy hands?
This lead is great for underdrawings - I use it especially for comics that need to be inked. It erases so much cleaner than standard lead and makes nice clear markings.

2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful

  100% my favorite blue..., November 23, 2009

By sw.inku

100% my favorite blue pencil lead, it erases really easy and doesn't mark up the paper unless I really am drawing heavily with it. Its a great technical artists lead, I always recommend it to people. Even if it is hard to find.

2 out of 3 people found the following review helpful

  This lead is fantastic..., January 19, 2011

By rayquaz

This lead is fantastic for sketching the base of a drawing to be scanned for digital artwork, and it is also very erasable. But, if you plan to make notes with this lead, I would stick to a darker color, because the lead is very light colored.

  love the lead, it's brill,..., April 25, 2012

By sweetyoshimj90

love the lead, it's brill, doesn't break so easily and give a nice bright color of an artist's coloring pencil (like prismacolor, derwent coloursoft and faber castell polychromos),they are rare and expensive in the uk, but these work nicely for my drawing and another i would recommend pilot color eno leads, they are equal to these

  This is awesome! Cyan..., January 24, 2012

By fredzomatic

This is awesome! Cyan Blue, and its very smooth & slippery to draw with. The other brand i was using was blue (not sky blue like this) and it was sticky. This is the good stuff! If you want non-photo blue, quit being so stingy and order it!

  I love these leads, truly..., January 20, 2012

By sweetyoshimj90

I love these leads, truly brilliant in comparison to my steadler leads, they are more soft, they give a brill color unfortunately where I live, they are a rare find & were quite expensive but I would say they are well worth it though, the soft blue shade is brilliant and compare to my blue & green staelder leads ( which are very hard to erase & break quite easily) these are superb :D don't break easily so you can draw and write with ease

  Beautiful color, I was..., January 26, 2009

By ariesmalfoy

Beautiful color, I was expecting something that was really light and hard to see, but this color is nice. Not hard to see at all.
I cant wait to color and draw with this.

  This is my favorite colored..., January 31, 2008

By DexterC84

This is my favorite colored pencil lead...I must have gone through 3 containers already. It's also called "Mint Blue" and is bluish-green in color and very relaxing to the eyes. It's rather soft and breaks easily so use less pressure.

0 out of 3 people found the following review helpful

  I did not like this lead..., October 31, 2010

By oliviahorn

I did not like this lead at all. The writing is very faint and if you try to just barely push on it, it brakes. Also, just pushing out 2 clicks makes it break no matter what. I liked the pink the best and the orange is okay...this one is terrible.