Charles Leonard Pen Style Aluminum Chalk Holder with Chalk, Silver (74541)

Perfect for use in our choir rehearsal hall. Keeps your hands clean.

Holder works as designed,!!BUT!!!! Seller has inferred a stick of chalk???? The stick of chalk is ( 1”) long !! Recommend just buying from other seller’s and buy stick chalk from another. That’s my two cents worth

Holder works as described--makes writing with chalk much more pleasant.Be warned, the chalk that comes pre-loaded in the holder is more like some sort of oil pastel or crayon than chalk. It has a waxy consistency. I made the mistake of trying it out with my chalkboard-painted wall and it does *not* wipe off like ordinary chalk. I ended up having to repaint the wall because the paint was coming off with how hard I had to scrub it. Might work fine with a typical "slate" chalkboard, I'm not sure.Four stars because I mostly wanted the holder anyway.

Low price, high quality. This is a great no thrills chalk holder.My wife is a teacher and I got it for her as a joke! But she loves it and uses it every day! She says that she has seen a drastic improvement in her hands not being so dry.As others have stated all chalk is not created equally! So far she has had good luck about pieces fitting it without issue but the other day she brought it home because a piece was jammed in it. Luckily I was able to get the jammed piece out and it still works fine.TIP: If you have a piece of chalk jammed into the holder. Take a very small flat head screw driver and carefully pry off the white dome top. Once it is removed you can insert a rod or dowel and push the chalk out (a pen will work in a pinch). Do this over the trash can! Then just push the dome cap back on.

Have been teaching in college for many years and most of the places now have whiteboards, but this one lab still has a chalkboard. And especially, in upstate NY chalk dust just eats your skin. After suffering for many years, thought to give this product a try. instantly pleased. It is made up of Aluminum but still sturdy. Grip of chalk is good and I can now use the tiniest stub to their fullest potential. Certainly recommend to all my fellow nerds out there.

This review will outline good and bad aspects to this item. First the good.It holds thin chalk very well and gives a bigger surface to grip. It’s comfortable to use and easy to change out one piece to another. Chalk doesn’t break mid-piece using the holder like it does in my hand. The design was well thought out. Overall I love the holder.Now the bad.This item is stated to come with chalk. It’s not traditional chalk. It’s more like an oil pastel. I spent about a hundred dollars and several hours painting and one wall in my kitchen with chalk board paint. I can’t get the “chalk” off without the paint coming with it. Use real chalk or don’t advertise it as coming with chalk.

1. Caveat: Mine came preloaded with a waxy white crayon that looks like chalk and isn't easily erased. Predictably, since the whole point of a chalk holder is not having to touch the chalk, this was not noticed until after use.2. I don't see the need to spoil a simple classic design with a plastic cap at the top.

I sketch/paint with Derwent Inktense Blocks and these “chalk holders” make small pieces feel like a pen! Very Effective!! TY!