I understand nice things and have a few myself. I have a "my mug" and a "my glass" and I would welcome nice stationery. But if I were paying several hundred pounds for something to be finished off by hand by a young lady then a pencil would not meet my expectations I'm afraid.
I prefer a clutch pencil/lead holder to a mechanical pencil, but that doesn't stop me owning probably 20+ of the things. The ones that make it into my current pen roll are these two...
The OHTO Super Promecha (current model is just called the Promecha but is pretty much identical) is just a proper geeky bit of kit - everything is adjustable/tweakable and it comes in a 0.9 (0.5 and 0.3 are available too) which is just right for me.
The Uni Kuru toga Dive is a bit spendy for a plastic pencil, but is just a complete joy to use and very clever - does the usual rotating lead Kuru Toga trick but adds in an auto advancing lead when you remove the cap and retracts again when you close it so there's never any real need to knock the lead out. Shame it only comes in 0.5 - a 0.9 Dive would be brilliant.
Have to say though, that in my 40 or so years of using mechanical pencils, I've never had one clog up on me or refuse to work unless I've hamfistedly broken it.
This thread is dangerous. Already added a Rotring 600 multi pen to my collection, that Uni pencil looks lovely too……
I love Rotring pens.. Not for technical diagrams or draftsmanship.. More so for super fine details in pen and ink drawings.
Pro tip.. Don't stab your finger.. You'll end up with a tattoo of a very small black dot! Lol
Kuru Toga
Very nice rotating clutch mechanism so you never get that scratchy edge.
This. Tried most brands, and think this is the best so far.
Nope, haven't seen or heard from her for near enough 30 years. Didn't talk to my dad for nearly a decade after he allowed her to do it. He only found out that i was emigrating because my brother told him... That's when i found out that they'd got divorced a few years previously.Then my step mum threw the entire lot away, plus all my lego, and a couple of computers (ZX80, Spectrum 48K).
Did they ever find the body?
In my opinion, a great choice for a 0.5 or 0.3 that almost never clogs is the Uni Kuru Toga. That is, the self-rotating lead ensures clean writing. For example, if you want something really solid in your hand, the Zebra M‑701 or Pentel GraphGear 1000 are more likely to be strong and smooth pens without the constant clogging that occurs with regular pens.
Forgot to add, I always buy B lead. I use mine my mechanical pencil for writing, as opposed to drawing, and I prefer the smoother, darker line
Fountain pens also for the win... 🙂 Mostly use a Pilot Capless Fermo. I have 2 other Pilot Capless pens but the fermo is my favourite
I use a Kaweko Special 2mm when bouncing around in rally cars, 3B lead. Used to always get annoyed with leads breaking and rubbish clutch holders with little control. This one has served me extremely well, not cheap but for me it has done the job perfectly. But I’m not a drawer.
Here’s my three favourites, two are my longest owned, one a recent purchase, just in case anything happens to the original, that’s the one with the red lettering and matt finish.
The Rotring Trio with the white lettering must be close to fifty years old, the blue pencil is a Zig TRY, it always had a blue lead in, and the 0.5 in the Trio the same, the 0.3 has a 4H, and the 0.7 an HB. Gotta say, the original Trio is better finished than the newer one. Those two were in use pretty much every day, for around thirty years.
Always worth buying quality from the get-go. 😁
This has been a revelation to me. Years of trying to sharpen carpenter’s pencils and then getting an uneven line.
This has a built in sharpener and comes with various “leads” for different materials, excellent!
I have a couple of those for house jobs. A general purpose one and a "wet wood" version. Quite useful for marking up etc. And the wet wood works adequately on plastic, metal and glass.
Can you draw on or transfer to metal ? This sounds like my dry point printing could be solved.
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Hens teeth.
Anyone seen or know where to get 0.9mm 4B leads, in the UK.
Beginning to wonder if I'm chasing ghosts.
For drawing , drawing.
@redthunder it came with 10 softish lead refills and a selection of different colours (and materials) for glass, tiles etc. I’ve not tried it on metal but with the ability to sharpen it I don’t see why not.
I was searching for a clutch pencil to carry around, mainly for filling in archery score sheets, but just a bit more substantial than a mechanical pencil, and I found these:
Basically a copy of the Lamy Safari fountain pen, with a pencil type tip, five with extra erasers and tips, for £3.99! Bargain, and they write well, too! 😁
