since the longer guide keeps the lead visible right up against the edge you're tracing

and smooth plastic

and absorbs into the surface

the nib stays small enough for compact lettering: place cards

semi-gloss lines that “stay put

caran dache grafstone woodless graphite pencil Chrome Season since the longer guide keepsCaran d'Ache Grafstone is a solid, uncased pencil made entirely from pure graphite rather than a wood cased lead a woodless pencil rather than a standard one. It's wrapped only in a micro thin plastic film to keep fingers clean while writing or drawing, and it feels noticeably heavier in hand than a standard wood pencil of the same size. Because there's no wood casing, the graphite itself sets the limits: sharpen it to a fine point for detail work,