Is it the pencil or pencil sharpener that makes the lead break?

j.e.j.

Sharpen it with a knife, that's the best way. Or at least that was the way we're taught to sharpen our drawing pencils!

fairy_lights

Just use a pen

onlyroz

Buy yourself a decent Staedtler Noris pencil and one of these:



You won't have any more problems.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

think it's better to have a bit of lead in your pencil, ,

but, then again, I was told that,

you can take a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.

HappySad

Sorry everyone. I was not sure where to post this. I want the pencils for the children to draw and do school work, so I thought this was the place to post it. Sorry.

Macca83_2

If it's for kids does it matter so much? You don't want to spend alot of money on pencils that are gonna be dropped, trodden on, snapped... Just make sure you got a good pencil sharpener for repeated use. The little metal ones are durable and cheap

System

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Am I the only one who clicked on this thread in 'marriage, relationships and families', and expected a completely different conversation?

Haha I too thought it was some kind of euphemism for broken relationships or something

tyllwyd

Apart from a good quality pencil, use a decent pencil sharpener with a sharp blade - I've always liked the little metal ones like this
http://www.ryman.co.uk/0985105502/Helix-Oxford-Metal-Pencil-Sharpener-Single-Hole/Product
And do you look at the hardness grade - most general use pencils are HB, but I think B or 2B can be nicer to use.

Raksha

You can't beat sharpening a good pencil with a good penknife, so satisfying to see that good long point develop with its different faces for different jobs and then finishing the point off to suit....

Bliss...

DigForVictory

Simplest answer is neither pencil nor sharpener but the user.
Which doesn't help the OP much. Sorry!

Whilst HB is the default pencil, if you can get a dozen B or 2B to try with the children then the amount of sharpness is less critical.

Oh & if you try any other tool than the standard issue pencil sharpener in school (Stanley or Swiss Army both spring to mind) then you are inviting lamentation...