Comment by xcf_seetan

Good quality pencils does no show the cracked lead and if you take good care of them they will not have those cracks. On the other hand you could use a mechanical pencil with replaceable good quality 2mm leads. It can also reuse any little bits of cracked leads laying around. Also if you don't want a blunter point, you can rotate the pencil every few strokes and it would auto-sharp itself.