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Incredible deal for the money! A beautiful natural grained cedar pencil with one of the smoothest graphite cores around. These pencils produce a great dark line with little effort and have a high gloss finish with a classy gold stamp. From the best company that still makes pencils in the USA.

Great product and service.

Great product and US made!

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The Palomino brand is a bit confusing. It’s an offshoot of Cal Cedar, which is the leading manufacturer of cedar pencil slats. Nearly all cedar pencils and a good number of the basswood pencils are made from Cal Cedar slats. Cal Cedar initially started the Palomino brand to showcase a premium pencil made from their cedar slats. The goals have the Palomino has since changed. Today Palomino has become a viable brand in the woodcase pencil were most companies are shrinking their product lines; Palomino is growing and diversifying.One example of that diversification is the Prospector. Made from Basswood rather than cedar, it is marketed as a bargin bin pencil meant to compete with the Ticonderoga’s of the world. Just because it is manufactured with less expensive materials doesn’t make the pencil any less inferior to any of the other Palomino pencils. In a lot of ways the Prospector could be considered at the very least a pencil that belongs to be grouped with the more upscale mid-tier brands.The Prospector comes in two distinct finishes. A sort of lime green finish that I prefer and a natural finish of clear varnish. The varnish makes this pencil very shiny but does a nice job of showing what little texture a Basswood pencil has to offer. Both finishes use a gold stamp foil for the imprinting, that is appropriate with both finishes. It seems that the lime green lacquered pencil costs a bit more, but for my money I think they are the prettier of the two.Something to be really excited about coming from this bargain basement pencil is its super dark core. The leads darkness is very similar to the Forest Choice in that it writes a more like an unwaxed lead. There’s a bit of scratch with this lead. The core alone makes this pencil far superior to most of the discount pencils on the market.While there are many great things about the Prospector that set it way above the competition, there are a few flaws. The first being the hard plastic eraser. It does a so-so job, but leaves behind quite a bit of ghosting behind. The second and more glaring flaw is the incredibly well defined edges. You can really feel the hexagonal sides while writing. This probably isn’t much of a problem for most, but for me and for how I grip a pencil, writing for long durations is all but impossible. Most pencils have slightly rounded edges that lessen the harshness of the hexagonal shape. Due to its price and material its not an economically feasible option this pencil’s edges to be rounded during the sanding process. The result for me at least is a lot of cramping and long breaks.All that being said, this is still an excellent pencil for such a low price.