Cedar Calligraphy Pencil Set

What's a "calligraphy pencil"? It's a special, wide-core, soft-lead pencil from Japan, which is commonly used by students there to practice their calligraphy. These luxuriously dark pencils (called kouhitsu shosha in Japanese) are deeper and bolder than other drawing pencils — to say nothing of the scratchy grey pencils found in U.S. schools.

Although it's originally intended for writing, this style of pencil is perfect as a sketching tool, because it combines the line variability of a stiff brush pen with the erasability and ease of use of a pencil. Even though the core is so much wider and darker than a conventional pencil, it sharpens to a fine point.

This set is a collection of five calligraphy pencils in this set: one HB, one 2B, one 4B, and two 10B — the softest, most-popular, and quickest-wearing grade. For all kinds of drawing, sketching, and hand-lettering, this is an invaluable little package. 

Made from genuine California incense cedar. Designed and manufactured at Eyeball Pencil, Tokyo.