日本理化学 Rikagaku White Dustless Chalk, 6-Pieces (DCC-6-W)

Great chalk!! I haven’t had much experience with many brands of chalk. I did some research and saw this brand to be recommended! I saw the price and thought I’d give it a shot. It was an excellent choice! Works so well. DOES NOT BREAK IN MY HANDS!! Writes clear and I don’t have to apply lots of pressure to get it to write well. I believe this pack of chalk will last at least a few months so I think the value is great!

I did not know chalk could be this good! I knew that I didn't like Crayola brand and I've gone through several liquid chalks and not found anything great. Then one day my husband told me about how he ribbed his friend who is a math professor about the "best chalk" factory closing and how hard it is to get good chalk. His friend said he didn't use that chalk, he used the "second best" chalk. So I texted his friend to get the name of it and here we are. I ordered both the best and second best chalk but honestly did not find them different from each other. HOWEVER from the first stroke of my T for Tina I knew that I would not be wasting any more money on second rate chalks. My chalking life is forever changed! The chalk goes on so smooth and silky. The colors are rich. The way it glides across the board even feels good. It's not scratchy and it goes on evenly. I was confused why it looked like it was wrapped like a cigarette with a filter so I asked the professor. He said that it was wrapped like that to keep the dust off your fingers. It's not completely dustless but it's definitely and improvement over Crayola. Just try it, you won't regret it!

1 stick completely unusable (lots of fine powder), 1 broken in half so it's salvageable.

Ok product

arrived perfect packed un-broken, more vivid colors a little than the others, chalk variety!

Was excited for this but came all dusted up and broken. I bought both color vs plain white. The white chalk was perfectly fine but the color is almost unusable. It's completely broken into fine pieces and can't really use it due to it being almost dust. The package also seemed pretty messed up. I'm guessing it was from shipping itself and not the brand since the other package is okay. Sad to not use the color ones though.

Chalk arrived as described, 6 pieces: 4 white, 1 yellow, and 1 pink. Though some reviewers had issues with chalk arriving in pieces, all 6 pieces were unbroken. I've been using this chalk 2x week since the beginning of the winter semester (about 3 months) and I still have 1 white piece, half the yellow, and half the pink left. This chalk is softer than standard chalk, meaning you need to have a lighter hand when using it, else it can break. Writing lightly still results in a highly pigmented and visible mark. In addition, the softer texture means no horrible chalkboard screeching! Also, this chalk doesn't last as long as long as standard chalk, but it is worth it to me to have dustless, screech-free chalk!

I tried several brands of chalk and like others have said it all depends on the chalkboard surface and the brands of chalk you have to find the right match. With that said Hagoromo is still the best chalk out there in my opinion and works well on all surfaces and now this brand Rikagaku (DCC-6-6C) is just as good. The pieces are thicker and do not fit in the standard chalk holders (have not not shopped for that item yet) this chalk is hard but writes very creamy and depending on the pressure used it runs down quickly you really only need to gently glide across the surface to bring out the colors.