We grew up in India with Nataraj and Apsara pencils which were two of the few pencil brands in the market between 1970-1990. Only after liberalisation of the economy in the early 90s, did stationery begin to boom in India and consumers had more of a choice.
I learnt only recently that Nataraj and Apsara are both brands made by Hindustan Pencils Pvt. Ltd. Not only do they have a huge market share of pencils in India, but they also export their products to over 30 countries. Their products conform to European safety norms, all their ingredients are non-toxic, and they continue to make the effort to develop plantations to ensure renewal of the wood they use. This makes me happy to support them!
In recent years, Apsara has been coming out with beautiful pencils!! Apsara Pop and Apsara Joi are two of their many different series. Hexagonal pencils with a smooth lacquer finish, extra dark smooth lead and the wood sharpens very well.
The box of Apsara Joi pencils has pencils with different coloured lacquers, but each pencil has primarily one colour with alternate thin stripes of a different colour. Each pencil of Apsara Pop has two colours separated by white thin stripes. Each box comes with a free eraser and a long point sharpener.
I highly recommend these series of pencils!!
For ratings, I give Apsara Joi 4.5 on 5 and Apsara Pop gets a 5 on 5.
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| Apsara Joi |
In recent years, Apsara has been coming out with beautiful pencils!! Apsara Pop and Apsara Joi are two of their many different series. Hexagonal pencils with a smooth lacquer finish, extra dark smooth lead and the wood sharpens very well.
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| Apsara Pop |
The box of Apsara Joi pencils has pencils with different coloured lacquers, but each pencil has primarily one colour with alternate thin stripes of a different colour. Each pencil of Apsara Pop has two colours separated by white thin stripes. Each box comes with a free eraser and a long point sharpener.
I highly recommend these series of pencils!!
For ratings, I give Apsara Joi 4.5 on 5 and Apsara Pop gets a 5 on 5.
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