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Leslie,
Posted is the cover of one of my "Nupastel" boxes (very old). If you can't read it, they are produced by Eberhard Faber. These are sticks about 4" long and about 3/8" square. They are generally harder than the round "soft" pastels.
Also posted is a cover of one of my "Conte" crayon boxes (very new). I just now noticed they are called crayons. These are about 3" long and a slightly smaller square. I always just lumped all of these into the pastel category, some soft some hard.
I know that "softs" are produced by many manufacturers under different brand names. I'm not clear on the distinctions in branding for the "hard" types that I have shown.
These shown "go on" similarly with only a slight difference in feel. I know that they must be broken. If they happen to reach your hand in one piece you must immediately break them.
Someone may come along and give a more learned explanation.
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Mike McCarty
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