The pencils all sharpened beautifully to a very fine point, even the soft charcoal pencil, without any issues with breakage.The pencils and the charcoal sticks performed very well and all marked, smudged and blended as expected for each grade of graphite and charcoal. The softer grades were nice and dark and the harder grades were lighter and held sharper lines, as expected. I really liked the erasers. The kneaded one had a nice consistency and wasn't overly sticky as some can be sometimes. My favorite though, was the small off-white eraser. It was unlike any other that I've used. I particularly liked the size and way it felt in my hand. It smudged and erased both the graphite and charcoal well. The sharpener did it's job, but I prefer larger, heavier sharpeners because I find them easier to hold while using. That is a preference though, and this one did the job of sharpening the pencils just fine. Overall, I enjoyed using this set and liked the tin it came it. Everything performed as I expected. The only changes I'd like to see would be the addition of a few graphite sticks and a pencil extender.The set itself was very nice with good basic drawing tools. It come in a pretty tin box. Unfortunately the box I got was dented. Since I wanted it for a gift, that was disappointing. It was too late to send it back and get a new one, so. . .A great gift for my 18yr old daughter who loves to draw and sketch she absolutely loves itVery happy with the purchase price and speed of delivery for this paper. It’s really high quality. It has a good weight to it and is very forgiving of erasing would definitely recommend. As a long time pencil artist myself, I bought this as a gift with a quality artist sketching set from Amazon.Drawing loved it bringing it to the beach to do a little sketching. Can’t waitThis was the perfect art pad for my son’s art classes. The top fold was perfect. It helped maintain the size of the paper without losing any drawing space.Bought for a gift. I liked the professional packaging. Great for minimalism.Gift for my granddaughter