I bought a pack of 18 Ticonderoga #2 pencils, lured by "The World's BEST PENCIL" on the package. The claim is credible, based on my experience. The pencil makes marks smoothly and it erases cleanly.
By far the worst #2 pencil I have ever used is the Paper Mate American. It is noticeably gritty and the eraser makes a dark smudge on the paper instead of removing graphite. I threw most of them in the trash.
For artists, an interesting pencil is the Staedtler Mars Lumograph in 8B, which is extremely soft. This pencil makes marks that are very dark , almost black, and much less shiny than most other soft pencils I have tried.
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