Triwriter is the Dux triangular range, and the jar band spells out the reason for the shape: easy grip and comfortable writing. Forty-eight of them in a screw-top tub is the format schools and tuition centres buy, because pencils get handed out and never come back.

The pastel jar is the quieter option. Barrels come in soft mint, blush pink, cream and pale blue with a matching soft-coloured tip, and the combination reads as neat rather than noisy, which suits older students and anyone who has to look at forty of them on a desk.

The neon jar goes the other way. Barrels are bright pink, green, orange and purple, and each one is topped with a moulded plastic star instead of a plain end, which turns an ordinary school pencil into something a younger child will actually keep track of.

Underneath the finish both are the same tool: a triangular graphite pencil that sits correctly in a young hand and does not roll off a sloping desk. Choosing between them is a question of who is using it rather than how it writes.

Safencia lists the Dux Triwriter #777 jar at Rs. 1,080 for the pastel jar and Rs. 1,140 for the neon jar with star toppers, with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan. WhatsApp confirms stock, your city and delivery charges before dispatch.

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