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These pencils color and mix beautifully. I would highly recommend them. They come in a metal tin. They last a long time.
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I bought these for my homeschooling children to use for their schoolwork. For my eight and nine-year-old, some of the work involves coloring pages from Dover coloring books; anyone familiar with these coloring books knows that the drawings are elaborate and detailed, and crayons would never do. My nine-year-old daughter takes great care with her coloring, and enjoys experimenting with blending colors so I thought she would enjoy the variety of color this set affords. She has enjoyed these pencils immensely but we have had a little trouble with them. One, the grooves in which the pencils lie in their tin are shallow, and the pencils sometimes all slide out when the tin is being moved, or the top layer is being lifted from the bottom layer. Two, the diameter of the pencil is such that none of the three sharpeners we owned would sharpen these pencils. One of our sharpeners is a standard electric sharpener that we have relied on for quite some time without issue, so I was surprised. I had to come back to amazon and order the battery powered Derwent sharpener; this has allowed the pencils to be sharpened so that my children can enjoy them again. The third thing is that in trying to sharpen the pencil, one of them snapped. The force being used was not tremendous so I would caution the buyer to handle these with care. Definitely not for younger children--if purchasing for children's coloring projects I would recommend a minimum age of six or seven, and if the child is immature, even older. Overall I am happy with this purchase and would buy them again.
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