i'm in total agreement on those turquoise sanford pencils, they are absolute garbage. as far as pencils go i only really use 2h or 4h cause the leads so hard they last longer and you don't have to sharpen them as often. ever try one of these bad boys? they rule when dealing with nubs of pencils. i love mine.
One time I sharpened a pencil down so much I couldn't even see it anymore. It really offends me when they use inferior quality wood...I take it personally....,and i'm very good with a knife.
http://www.plazaart.com/products.php?page=5994&a=3&dept=7&manufacturer=7024 Turqoise Sanford. Which is a Prismacolor brand. Prismacolor makes some seriously inferior products, and this pencil is no exception, though i do find myself using it a lot. The biggest issue with it is, that it is marked as a 3B but it is very hard…
whats the point:) I used ti work with an architectural geezer who actually drew tech illustrations by hand with a pencil very much like that. bit longer and slightly thinner though
you could just get a few of those solid graphite pencils, make ur life a whole lot easier and you can probably use the sides for much thicker stroke than u'd get with any of these.
I use sand paper for the tip sometimes. The tip is more sensitive and it needs to be patted down gently. The shaft is more rigid and I go over that one with big heavy strokes. I think thicker overall seems to make a better impression. With a thinner tip you have to spend an hour trying to accomplish what the thicker pencil…