For a long time I was looking for pencils of different thicknesses, which also keep their promise. I had been given a few years ago by the artist pencils strengths 6B to 5H that were just incredibly well and were consumed as this, I looked for an alternative, of course, a little cheaper. I've tried many different, but neither could offer me what offer the Faber Castell pencils. They are almost as good as my old artist pencils and I'm thrilled!