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I noticed the change as well, but I haven't had problems since I switched to an electric (cord) pencil sharpener. Since then, the breaking has been rare. I tried to give the F-C a chance, but I just don't like them. I know I am in the minority with that. On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Jane <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Maia, > This has been an on going problem for years now. Three years ago I grew > disgusted and had my students change to Faber-Castell. That semester they > really did not know the difference, but I did. For me, they just did not > blend as well. The following semester I went back to Prisma Color, with a > difference. Every time a student had problems with a pencil (you listed > them all!) I called Dick Blick (from whom we get our supplies) and they > replaced the pencil-s free of charge. I hoped that might encourage Sanford > to do something about quality control. No luck yet. > > Jane > > *From:* Maia Sanders <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2015 5:53 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [SCIART] Time to abandon prismacolor? > > I recently restocked my prismacolors to prepare for a series of CP > illustrations, and in refreshing my color pencil skills I notice a > significant reduction in quality, with many breakages, lead slipping from > the casing, wood splintering when sharpening, etc- the only thing that > hasn't changed for the worse is the working quality of the pencil. > > Researching for five minutes leads me to believe the quality has gone to > the dogs ( no offense to dogs of quality!) since the product was sold and > manufacturing moved to Mexico. > > Question is: what are people using for colored pencil these days? Are they > just putting up with prismacolor or is there some better alternative? I > know prismacolor are fairly inexpensive and able to restock easily. But the > good price goes away when you have to sharpen a new pencil to 3" long to > get a point on it. > > Thanks all, > > Maia > > > > ________________________________________________ > > Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the > instructions at > http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv > > ________________________________________________ > > Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the > instructions at > http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv > Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv