Vishal: Mine, I believe is just the standard, it’s a Staedtler which I might have on hand somewhere. So it’s very likely that this uses a Poplar or that kind of higher density wood whereas the Nataraj being a cheaper pencil probably uses the, I forget the name of the tree, but I think it’s the Vata, the local word in Kerala. The company makes writing implements under the brands Nataraj and Apsara, and claims to be the largest pencil manufacturer in India. With engraving options available, you can create custom pencils for giveaways, tradeshows, or any other event. Apsara Absolute Extra Dark Pencil is made from well-treated and high-quality wood and leads to making them soft, long-lasting and easy to sharpen.

is an Indian manufacturer of pencils, writing materials and other stationery items, established in 1958 [1] in Bombay (present-day Mumbai). I want it to surprise me sometimes because you will get lines that you didn’t think of as being good lines on handwriting but that are great lines for drawing. Samir: I believe they have another pencil that’s one step above the Apsara Platinum which I have never tried.We spent an entire year or more doing everything, layouts, typography, lettering with traditional media on paper and on board. We would love to send you the best offers relevant for your child from time to time and so we have added these details to your FirstCry. I think a good sharpener is an important thing and maybe we’ll cover an actual sharpener in a future episode.

But again these were, as we keep saying, a lot of these come down to personal preferences and conveniences. Well, it’s a nice pencil, I’ve also tried using the Lyra and Kohinoor pencils recently which I kind of prefer over these. It’s perfect for pocket carry and mimics the pencils- the inside of mine is yellow and the outside is black. So it gives you this really nice long point which is great when you want to drag a lot of texture across things, especially with the flat side of the lead, but it’s also a good point to have overall because you can really spend a lot of time filing down those facets over the course of a drawing. The clip, push-button and grip zone are made from metal to ensure durability, because these are the parts of the lead-holder.

I would suggest getting that Staedtler because it has kept a point, its kept sharp over the last five or six or seven years, I’ve not had any complaints with it.

Samir: And again here I think I probably sharpened the pencil once in the beginning and then I just used the changing nature of the point to do different textures. This was maybe 3 or 4 hours maximum, which is fairly low for a pencil drawing of this kind of rendering. At 58 cents a pencil this doesn’t reach into most folx premium range, and it’s about 20 cents cheaper than last week’s review. Samir: Which is why I assume and again while Vishal is drawing maybe he doesn’t think about this but as he’s drawing he’s probably rotating it a little.So, yes it’s very possible that the actual material in the pencil has changed over the years, which might make it more brittle or stronger, depending. New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging .