Staedtler Norris Eco Pencil Review

Cool little pencil this one. It's made from extruded wood fibers. It's actually only 70% wood which obviously means they can get a lot more pencils out of a tree. Hence that Eco name. They use wood flour which is a by-product of the forestry industry... read about WOPEX here. They are literally making pencils out of the "sweepings off the floor".

I'm actually of the opinion that if it's sustainable forestry what's the issue? But when I held this in my hand I noticed something I love about it. The weight... that fancy WOPEX stuff is dense! The branding and text really pops out of that black colour as well and has a much better finish than the Mars Lumograph. Honestly, not sure why the text rubbing off on that pencil sticks in my craw so much.

It feels great - has a similar weight to the Caran D'ache Swiss Wood but this one is more of a normal pencil thickness.

The writing experience is pretty much the same as the Staedtler Tradition really. Not great but certainly not bad. Not nearly as toothy as a Faber-Castell 9000 and lacks the darkness of a Tombow Mono or a Mitsibushi Hi-Uni.

For £0.68 you really can't go wrong - it sharpens really well as well. No complaints there.Although you definitely tell it's not wood. Well, it is wood... you know what I mean. You can tell something is afoot. It is only available in HB - so you fancy artist types will have to go get a pencil that's 30% more destructive to trees.

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