Enjoy a perfectly balanced writing experience with this Pentel Ain lead. Choosing the perfect pencil lead involves tradeoffs. Smoothness, darkness, break resistance, smudge resistance, erasability, and longevity—improving one means sacrificing others. But thanks to a cutting-edge manufacturing process, these leads excel in all six attributes.

The leads come in a clever case that is easy to open with one hand. Pull the front of the case down with your thumb, then swing it out to the right to expose the leads. The leads stick out from the top, so it is easy to grab exactly as many as you need.