Best erasers: Prismacolor Premier Kneaded ... I lust over them every time I got to the art store. I mostly use soft pastel pencils, because the fine tip gives you more control over your drawing ...

For that was the day Hyman Lipman patented the first pencil with its own eraser . . .a strip of rubber embedded in the end that had to be sharpened just like the graphite point. Lipman sold his ...