The white flecks scattered across the surface are created by the flax content, just as the flowers would appear in the fields from which it is grown.

The end result is an intriguing, two tone upholstery fabric with subtle surface interest, style and beautiful simplicity. Its stretch properties, coupled with inherent flame resistance, durability and non-pilling properties make Xtreme an ever popular fabric for task seating. if you have a pencil with a damaged barrel or damaged 'lead' inside, maybe even both, you may still be able to salvage these pencils simply by only sharpening the pencils to a short point like these. With 2 holes - one for putting a sharp point on your standard pencils and the other puts a blunt, rounded end on your colour pencils.

Pencils with a hard core such as oil-based coloured pencils (Faber castell Polychromos) and the graphite H leads are strong enough to be sharpened to a longer point than a standard pencil sharpener. Of course, but this article is more about which type of sharpener will be best for your pencil brand as well as how to use them as part of your technique. As with coloured pencils, the graphite leads are defined as either hard or soft - the H stands for Hard and is far more robust at a long point and the B leads are softer, getting softer the higher the B number, so care must be taken when sharpening these to a long point as they are more likely to break if too much pressure is applied. This 70/30 wool flax blend has a homespun, rustic feel to it, whilst performing in terms of inherent flame retardancy.

You can change your preferences at any time by visiting the “Cookies Preferences” page, which can be found via our footer.A lot of pastel artists (and pencil artists) opt to sharpen their pencils using a blade as it allows them to control the shape and the length of the core. Very resistant this magnesium sharpener with wedge shape and a single hole is perfect for school use and also at home or in the office. One of the most popular seating fabrics in the Camira collection which has sold over 30 million metres since launch. Xtreme CS is the Trevira CS version of our popular Xtreme fabric, making it inherently flame retardant to the major European flammability standards.