I just love these pencils. I have had a couple of weeks to colour with them now and I am finding them a dream to use. The colours are vivid and clear and all but one are numbered and a colour name printed on them. Not too keen on the packaging as when I remove the top layers to get to the other layers the pencils fall as the plastic inserts are a little too flexible to hold the weight. This is of course a very minor problem and would not put me off buying them again when needed. The wood is very easy to sharpen. You can get quite a sharp point on the pencils if you're careful and sharpen them slowly.