Did you have these pencils?

[KitchenSinkLlama]

I loved my Caran d’ache pencils. Beautiful tins and great colours. I can’t be alone remembering them fondly

Ha! I knew from just your thread title it'd be good old Caran D'Ache!

Loved them. Art-obsessed 10-year-old me was given a tin of 40 for Christmas, and no present in the decades since has ever quite engendered so much joy.

Mine were the aquarelle water-soluble pencils. Brilliantly realistic bruises could be created by clever blending of the purples/greens/yellows on my knees, I discovered!

I've just looked them up and 40 now cost £108. Blimey 😮

I did have some caran dache! Not just pencils, but also pastels (both dry and waxy!)

They were quite expensive though, so obviously they werent mine! My stepdad would take up a new hobby every other week (or so it seemed) and art was one of them, so he had a big tin of the aquarelle ones, and the pastels as well.

I did have art classes in school, and really enjoyed them, so I used them more than he ever did!!

Yep! I had those exact ones! Loved them.

Yep. Found my Caran D’Ache about 12 years ago. I’d lovingly looked after them and used them sparingly. Gave them to DD who promptly lost the black pencil. I still haven’t forgiven her tbh 😂

Yes I've still got mine, smaller tin than yours though!
I come across them every so often when I'm having a tidy up, admire the tin then put them back in whichever cupboard I found them. Wouldn't part with them though, they're part of my growing up!

Oh my friend who did art GCSE had a really big tin of these and would let me use them in geography. They were so lovely to use!

Like another pp I looked them up recently thinking they'd be a great gift for my art mad neice - soooo expensive!!

DH has that exact tin. Many, many years old.

Still got mine. Large long tin (never used) and some smaller ones. Why are people talking in past tense? Have they gone out of business?

I also had lots of these and they were worth having for the impressive labels alone. Sadly I last used these in 1987.
https://www.winsornewton.com/uk/graphic-art/inks/drawing-inks/

I wish I still had mine. I loved them.

My DD was always keen on art growing up, and was often given nice pencils as birthday/Christmas presents. Lots of duplicate colours so over the years she built up a little collection stored carefully away.

Now she's at art school for uni, and was incredibly pleased to re-discover the stash as they do indeed cost a small fortune!

My mum had a tin. They were closely guarded and only shared under strict supervision😋

I bought some a few years back, I wanted more colours and ended up researching and bought mondeluz koh I noor and found them as good.They weren't cheap but I gave my carandache ones to a friend .

Oh yes they were beautiful, I treasured mine, I think I got them from WH Smith (back when WH Smith was actually good!)

I didn't, but I did have a tin of these for the Moscow olympics in 1980

Yo got these for my birthday one year. I absolutely loved them.

I had that set too
Also bought for each of DC

They were objects of desire in my primary school.

I remember being all made up when I got a set for Christmas 1983

I still have my childhood Caran d’Ache. Judging by the sticker on the tin, I wasn’t sharing!

I've got the same ones. I scratched by name on the back with a compass. Was using them recently but sadly the black has gone. I've had them at least 40 years so doing well.