One has to sharpen them quite often to keep a decent point, but the lead kept crumbling as I sharpened the pencil

The softer the lead, the shorter the baking time.

Sharpening depletes the lead quickly but they are soft leads

Tried a few of the pencils out and the lead is shattered inside the pencil in all of them

Very nice pencils, lay down and blend well and a variety of colors but a with LOT of them, the lead breaks and crumbles when sharpened

The lead just breaks and crumbles

Sharpening depletes the lead quickly but they are soft leads

Having so many colors is awesome, however the lead inside has been broken and when a pencil is sharpened the lead will fall out.

but once you sharpen them the lead breaks easily.

pencilsWhat I hate is how they are impossible to sharpen and keep the lead without it falling out as soon as it touches the paper

The leads keep breaking on me despite treating them very gently

Everything is wonderful except when I sharpen the pencils, the lead falls out

Small leads, has numbers only, to many grays, some colors scratchy, leads are oil based, but crumbly,use up fast, some colors are to close to tell difference and round

If you experience broken leads or the leads keep breaking during/after sharpening, you can try the old trick of baking your pencils.

The lead is so smooth it glides on the paper

The lead is all cracked up inside the pencil

The lead was broken inside.

When you sharpen ANY and ALL of these pencils, the colored part breaks as soon as you try and draw

The reason I gave them a 4 star instead of a five star d because there are certain colors that break easy and continue to break as you sharpen them