Rarlan Wood-Cased #2 HB Pencils, Pre-sharpened, 200 Count Bulk Pack | Classroom Pencils with Erasers for School and Teacher Supplies, Writing, Drawing and Sketching, Back to School

As a public school art teacher, the responsibility to provide a pencil has fallen on me, like so many other teachers. I buy these once a quarter as my pencils keep walking off. The price and quantity keep me coming back. They are quality pencils as they don't break easily like other cheaper pencils.

When 1, 2, 25 pencils just won’t cut it, try 200.All identical, all sharpened perfectly. It’s like “Cloudy with a chance of Pencils” is showing at the theaters. Lots O pencils when you need one.Great price for 200 sharpened, good quality pencils.My son is special needs, likes to do “research” all day logging wrestling matches from the past. He wears these things out quickly. I’ve bought …. 5-6 of these 200 pack pencils over the years.Imagine sharpening 1,200 pencils … then go ahead n order these pre sharpened well made pencils…

These are good quality pencils with good erasers for the money. The pack is perfect to have throughout the year, especially during testing season.

I bought this for my daughter, teacher. She was always requesting pencils and I figure this would be prefect and last a few months. They also come pre sharpen. Double plus!

I’m a school teacher and this are the best pencils! They are a great price for the amount of pencils. They last such a long time!

Testing all 200 pencils will take years, but the half-dozen I tortured are well made and strong. I slapped them on a desk edge, then sharpened them down to the eraser - no breaks in the lead inside, no adhesive detachment between lead and wood.I wish the same were true for "Dixon Ticonderoga" pencils, which were my favorite, years ago. Dixon Ticonderoga Lápiz (spanish) are made very cheaply somewhere in Mexico, terrible quality. The leads inconsistently black, fragile, unglued and fall out of the wood - if you drop the pencil, or rap it on a table edge, the "Dixon" lead shatters - and falls out. Hence my switch to Rarlan, which I hope will turn out well.The stronger leads are harder, more like a 3HB than a perfect 2HB, but they are strong enough to take a little more writing pressure to leave a bold mark. They sharpen to a smaller point. I can get used to that.My complaint about the Rarlan pencils is they are packaged in a flimsy and poorly-glued cardboard box. Amazon delivers the Rarlan box in a plastic bag, so the Rarlan box falls apart when the bag is dropped on the porch, scattering the pencils inside the Amazon bag. That said, none of the presharpened pencils broke their leads, or lost eraser ferrules or pencil points when abused this way. I repaired the box with Gorilla tape, so it should survive accidental drops in my office.For a few pennies more, Rarlan could strengthen their box, or Amazon could put the Rarlon box in a study padded box, so the Rarlan box would not fall apart. More 5 star reviews, more sales. I wonder if a human decision maker at Amazon reads these reviews and acts on them?

Great pencils. The boys can't break the small ones. Perfect size.

I bought these for a teacher gift and not only was the box filthy with rips and holes, but the pencils had lead all over them. Unless you want to wash your pencils before use, I’d buy another brand.

quality of glue not good at all