The eraser on the end is what separates these from most marking pencils. Anyone who checks work knows the feeling of ticking the wrong line, and having a rubber already fitted to the pencil means the correction takes a second rather than a hunt through a desk drawer.

Barrels come in bright flat colours, and that is practical rather than decorative in a staff room. A pale yellow or pink pencil is instantly identifiable as yours among the black graphite pencils on a shared table, and it does not get borrowed by mistake.

The eraser is held in a metal ferrule rather than glued on, so it stays put instead of dropping off in a bag after a week. Once the rubber is worn down the pencil still works normally, exactly like an ordinary eraser-tipped pencil.

Twelve pencils come in a printed card box with a hang hole. Yellow is the barrel colour currently in stock; the red, blue and white barrel options in the range are not available at the moment, so the yellow is what ships.

Safencia lists Tick checking pencils at Rs. 230 for the box of twelve with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan. WhatsApp confirms stock, your city and delivery charges before dispatch.

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