✏️ Staedtler Mars Lumograph Black Carbon Blend Pencils - Jet Black Lines, 6 Assorted Sketch Pencils in Tin, Professional Art Supplies - 100B G6 Review

8B wasn't bad at best, but these pencils felt very hard and almost "waxy" compared to their graphite counterparts. For comparison I have the Faber Castell 9000 pencil sets, the regular Staedtler Mars Lumograph and the Tombow Mono pencil sets. I've also tried them on sketch paper. I really like using regular Mars Lumograph graphite pencils, but they don't look like it at all. After anxiously awaiting them, I was actually disappointed with their performance and will be looking at other charcoal…

I already had all 24 grades of Mars Lumograph, plus Mars Lumograph Black 4 grades. Naturally, when I saw this set containing 2 more classes of Black Mars Lumograph, I immediately excitedly ordered one. However, what I got totally disappointed me. The set I received was 6 pencils of the same 4 grades I already had, not the 6 grades listed here. The design on the front of the glass only showed 4 varieties and didn't even match the one pictured here, which also suggests 6 different varieties. (The

very dark result, especially in softer tones. It's worth noting that the 7B and HB pencils seem to be no longer available. I received a set of six with 1 8B, 1 6B, 2 4B and 2 2B. Only available grades 2B, 4B, 6B and 8B are listed in the accompanying Staedtler literature. After initial disappointment after using these pens for a short time, I understand why Staedtler optimized this line. 2B, now the stiffest of the set, while having a fairly dark output, actually has some shine when pressed hard

I really don't understand what the negative reviews are about volume . The reviewers seem to understand art and art materials. I can only surmise that due to a packaging error they may have something wrong or different. These will not be charcoal pencils. Or conte. It's more of a mixture of carbon and graphite. But they don't have the luster of a pencil and are much blacker, which doesn't necessarily mean they're darker. Basically, graphite is gray and no matter how low the value goes, it will…

I just received these pencils; I haven't been able to use them in my drawing yet, but I've compared them to the previous (pre-2016) Lumograph 100 and Kimberly 9XXB on a smooth Bristol board. I will update the review when I have more experience with these pens. These pens are darker than the 100s. I would say 100B 2B = 100 4B, 100B 4B = 100 6B, 100B 6B = 100 7B and 100B 8B is slightly darker than 100 8B. The biggest and best difference is that these pencils are matte, not graphite gloss! The old