The
Derwent Onyx pencils have been in my "want list" ever since I spotted them in the
Derwent website months ago.
This carded set consists of 2 medium pencils, 2 dark pencils, an eraser, and a sharpener.
The pencils are packaged with blunt pencil points. The included German compact wedge pencil sharpener quickly restored their razor sharp points with just a couple of turns.
Sample marks chart drawn on
Stratmore 300 vellum bristol paper. Both pencils glided smoothly on this support without crumbling. They retained their sharp points well and were quite clean to use. The dark strokes did not smudge even when my hand brushed against them accidentally. The sample swatches on the bottom shows that the medium pencil marks were easier to erase than the the dark pencil marks as would be expected.
I am quite impressed with the strength and non-crumbling nature of their 4 mm dark graphite cores. They sharpened easily and lay down satisfyingly dark strokes quite smoothly. The
Derwent Onyx pencils would definitely make a worthy addition to a sketching pencils collection.
The Derwent Onyx pencils have been in my "want list" ever since I spotted them in the Derwent website months ago.
This carded set consists of 2 medium pencils, 2 dark pencils, an eraser, and a sharpener.
The pencils are packaged with blunt pencil points. The included German compact wedge pencil sharpener quickly restored their razor sharp points with just a couple of turns.
Sample marks chart drawn on Stratmore 300 vellum bristol paper. Both pencils glided smoothly on this support without crumbling. They retained their sharp points well and were quite clean to use. The dark strokes did not smudge even when my hand brushed against them accidentally. The sample swatches on the bottom shows that the medium pencil marks were easier to erase than the the dark pencil marks as would be expected.
I am quite impressed with the strength and non-crumbling nature of their 4 mm dark graphite cores. They sharpened easily and lay down satisfyingly dark strokes quite smoothly. The Derwent Onyx pencils would definitely make a worthy addition to a sketching pencils collection.
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I noticed Blick had these in open stock when I went recently. I tested them out and really liked them. I forgot to pick them up before I got in the line though which was super long because of the opening. :P Next time.
It's always fun to see your opinion of something I already use.
I like the Onyx pencils. The "jet black" claim in Derwent's adverts is a bit of an exaggeration but they are a nice combination of dark and non smudgy.
My last set came with a totally useless plastic sharpener instead of the metal one. I complained to Derwent and they sent me a metal one - so full marks to them.
Agreed. Glad to hear of the nice customer service response to your faulty sharpener. It really would be in Derwent's best interest to discontinue using those cheap translucent blue plastic sharpeners in their sketching sets, for they are truly worthless and not fit to touch a good quality pencil. For that matter good pencil wedge sharpener blocks should probably just be made of metal anyway.
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