Newspaper Pencils - obon l'artiste art set

A professional pencil set for the enthusiastic artist, the L ’Artiste pack includes 10 high quality professional art pencils. With a beautiful brushed nickel finish, the pencils each feature a different grade of graphite hardness. Graphite grades included, from harder to softer, are – 2H, 1H, 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B. The barrel is made from 100% recycled newspaper. Pack includes a guide with fundamental drawing tips. Non-toxic, easy to sharpen and splinter free.

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Not only does making pencils from old newspapers help preserve our forests, but the process of rolling newspaper around graphite instead of encasing it in wood means that the graphite is far better protected. In comparison, merely dropping a wood pencil on the floor can result in the graphite splintering and cracking. This is why O'Bon confidently states that their pencils often last 2-3 times longer than conventional wood pencils.
 
The O'Bon factory is low on the energy consumption scale of producing pencils. Unlike wood pencils, there are no trees to chop, no wood slates to grind and no hexagonal shape to cut by grinding wood.