Needed to sharpen over half of these out of the box, so poor quality control. A super sharp sharpener is required to keep them from breaking, they are triangle shape which feels funny to me but they won't roll off the table. The colors aren't labeled on each pencil which can be confusing. They're kind of hard and don't really blend that well. I wouldn't recommend these for more than a 3rd grader and for the money there are better brands of school grade pencils. Blick has a better 24 pack for about $4.