Please give me the name of a good, durable pencil that will hold up to DS age 8

[T Baer]

The boy is hard on pencils! He likes a sharp point and will sharpen them until there's nothing left.

[KAR120C]

The boy is hard on pencils! He likes a sharp point and will sharpen them until there's nothing left.
Have you considered getting him some mechanical pencils? That would solve the sharpening problem anyway!

[ShelliR]

My kids break the lead in mechanical ones right and left.
The best pencil made, imho, are Ticondaroga!!!

[Frontier Mom]

For those that bear down hard, we get .9 mm mechanical pencils here. But, if you want real pencils, I would say Ticondaroga are the only way to go. I also just bought a bunch of packs of Mirado Black Warriors at our brand new Walmart. These are awesome!!

[Robin Hood]

For those that bear down hard, we get .9 mm mechanical pencils here. But, if you want real pencils, I would say Ticondaroga are the only way to go. I also just bought a bunch of packs of Mirado Black Warriors at our brand new Walmart. These are awesome!!


Without a doubt, Mirado Black Warriors. Absolutely awesome. One has to take them outside on the lawn and jump on them to break them.

[fishnoises]

My ds 8 is driving me CRAZY with the sharpening of pencils. He is OBSESSED with a sharp point. I will have to get those pencils! Papermates suck.......
We tried the mechanical pencil today. He still breaks them. (My husband has a thing about a sharp point too. I think it is an engineering thing!)

[KAR120C]

You know... DS used to break pencil leads right and left and I actually went with a thinner lead rather than a thicker one. It took him a little while (maybe a month) but he stopped pushing so hard. And when he stopped pushing so hard, he wrote better and had much less fatigue. So all in all not a bad thing ;)

But that wasn't actually in the OP's question -- if it's just a matter of wanting it sharp, I'd go with mechanical. If they can't stop breaking a mechanical pencil lead, then one of the other suggestions... but if pressing hard is becoming an issue, it might be worth a few packs of pencil leads to break them of the habit (get it? break? LOL)

[pixelroper]

second the Black Warrior or Dixon Ticonderoga, I'm very particular about the eraser too.

[True Blue]

We love the Black Warriors but they are soft and need to be sharpened often. The Ticonderogas are good if they aren't a defective batch where the lead falls out all the time. Those are the best.

[kalanamak]

http://www.pencilthings.com/servlet/Detail?no=427

[pixelroper]

http://www.pencilthings.com/servlet/Detail?no=427

--now these go in the *special* box with other like lead, to be treated with respect:D

[Novafan]

I didn't read the other replies, so sorry if this is a repeat or you already found something.

We have a bunch of these are they are workhorses, as far as pencils go. :D\
Faber-Castell Jumbo Grip Pencils (http://www.dickblick.com/zz203/24/)
http://www.dick-blick.com/items/203/24/20324-0002-5-2ww-m.jpg

They have the skinnier (more traditional) sized one too (http://www.dickblick.com/zz204/00/).

http://www.dick-blick.com/items/204/00/20400-2021-1-2ww-m.jpg