20 Apsara Beauty Dark School Wooden Pencil Hb Black + 2 Sharpener +2 Erasers Lot

Excellent pencils! Never heard of any pencils produced in India until I saw a Youtube posting. I went ahead and ordered a set of these Apsara Beauty pencils and I'm very satisfied with them. The smoothness and darkness of the lead matches pencils costing ten times what I paid for these. They come with a fantastic long point manual pencil sharpener that is now my favorite of several that I own. It's made of plastic but the blade is very sharp and seems to be holding up very well after a good amount of usage. There is also a very good eraser included in each box of ten pencils. The pencils arrived a lot quicker than stated on the product page and were wrapped very securely with bubble wrap to preclude any damage. Very, very satisfied with this purchase!

Great pencil

It reminds me of my childhood.

Not one of these pencils would sharpen correctly. This is a horrible product!

I purchased these to try out some Indian-made pencils. The Beauty pencils are attractive to look at and hold a point quite well. However, I do find that they're disappointingly light for a "dark" pencil, writing between a HB and B in hardness (unlike the Apsara Platinum which is a B-2B). I'd compare the Beauty to the Nataraj Ruby in darkness, writing only slightly darker than a General's Semi-Hex HB. Considering that the Ruby is less expensive, I can't honestly say that the Apsara Beauty is worth the price when compared to other Indian-made options. That said, the wood does seem to be of better quality than the Ruby and sharpens beautifully without cracking or splitting. The included eraser and sharpener are surprisingly good for "free" products and I will be using them for more than just the Apsara pencils.

I like these pencils but one box was missing the eraser and sharpener. Checked the packaging but nothing. Must’ve fell out when it was being packed?

though it seems to take forever for these pencils to arrive they are worth waiting for. use them on my wood carvings and they are comfortable and write on the wood nice and dark.

Good product.

Pencils arrived 9 days early. Just as described: the black wood beauties wrote smooth dark lines and included very effective long point sharpeners and 2 non smudging erasers. Quality at an affordable price. Thank you trees and workers in India.. .

Me encantaron, llegaron mucho antes de lo previsto en perfectas condiciones, el sacapuntas es ideal, la punta no se quiebra y se siente muy bien escribir con ellos.

PROS: Son más que correctos para lo que cuestan. Si tienes una hija que te quita tu material de escritorio continuamente y necesitas una buena provisión son ideales :)CONTRAS: Hay que afilarlos un mucho porque el carbón se pierde enseguida. Las gomas son anecdóticas, vienen 4 creo y no borran demasiado bien.

Justamente tardo un mes en llegar. Venía bien envuelto y sin ningún tipo de falla.El sacapuntas de buena calidad y no necesita hacer tanta presión para que se note