This is the fun end of the Dux Triwriter range: a jar of neon pencils, each one finished with a soft moulded star on the end. It is aimed squarely at younger children, the kind of pencil a child asks for by pointing at the star rather than the lead, and it is the sort of thing schools buy by the jar for a class or a prize box.

Under the novelty it is still a Triwriter, which means a triangular barrel. The three flat sides drop a small hand naturally into a thumb-and-two-fingers grip and stop the pencil rolling off a desk, and the jar band sums that up as 'for easy grip and comfortable writing'. For a child who is still forming letters, the shape does real work.

The barrels come in a mix of neon shades, pink, green, yellow, orange and purple, with a raised dotted pattern running along them that adds a bit of extra grip under the fingers. Each is capped with a soft star topper in a matching or contrasting colour, so no two pulled from the jar look quite the same.

The pencils arrive loose in a clear screw-top jar of twenty-two, which is the practical part of the design. The jar stands on a shelf or a shop counter without spilling, the lid keeps them together, and a class or a household can dip in as pencils get lost rather than opening box after box.

Safencia lists the Dux Triwriter Matita star-topper pencils at Rs. 1,450 for the jar of twenty-two, with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan. WhatsApp confirms stock, your city and delivery charges before dispatch, whether you order from Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad or elsewhere.

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