househusband - Member
Aargh! If only did the Uni Kuru Toga Roulette in 0.7mm...
That's what I have been thinking as well ... 
... also preferable in strong stainless steel barrel. 😀
That's what I have been thinking as well ...... also preferable in strong stainless steel barrel.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNI-KURU-TOGA-MECHANICAL-PENCIL-0-7mm-HB-PINK-BARREL-Single-/291621013712
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Uni-ball-KuruToga-Mechanical-Pencil-Starter/dp/B00BEYXGPC
I really don't [i]need [/i]any more pencils... but...
Thanks Sniff , I've just gone and bought a pencil I have absolutely no use for
+1
I've got no idea why I just bought it as I don't need one, I just know I want one! I might get a 0.03mm one next for doing the panel lines on my models.
Damn you Cult Pens and your Siren like website! 😀
I have a number of Kuru Toga pencils still in their packaging. When I find pens or pencils I like I buy a few in case society breaks down and I can't buy new ones or some acceptable replacement. And now I have a metal one on its way from Amazon.
As others have said - thanks a bloody lot.
kilo - Member
Thanks Sniff , I've just gone and bought a pencil I have absolutely no use for
May I recommend the Times Sudoku Ultimate Killer books.
That's what my collection of fancy pencils get used for these days. That and designing impossible bicycles. 🙂
I can recommend the Uniball Kuru Toga
[url= http:///uniball.co.uk/kuru-toga-m5-450t/ ]Here[/url]
The tip rotates the lead via an internal gear mechanism so a flat tip never develops and consequently breaks, i love this and go through far less lead!
Liking the Kuru Toga self-sharpening pencil, the metal bodied one on Amazon for less than eight quid is very enticing, I do like a nice writing implement.
Current Trio is a multipen thing - two ballpoint nibs and a 0.5mm pencil.Not sure if you can retrofit/bodge it with 3 pencil mechanisms (doubt it).
I very much doubt it, it seems the Trio is only available as a pencil and two coloured ballpoint, or pencil, ballpoint and highlighter, I can't understand why there's no 3-way pencil version any more, it's really handy to have three different hardness leads, in different sizes.
Shame.
Just been scouring the webz for a Trio like mine, and I've found three ended sales, at €85, £109 and £229!
😯
I think I'll place mine into protective custody and buy a couple of the cheap metal bodied mechanical Japanese pencils.
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Call me a philistine but i love my parker jotter!
Didn't have a Kuru Toga (though was aware of them). Now got one on the way thanks to this thread. Let's see if it can topple the Promecha...
I've an ancient (1930s?) silver Platignum propelling pencil that was my grandfather's. I use that in the workshop - 1.2mm lead and really solid body. On my desk/case I use a .7 Lamy cp 1.
https://www.lamy.com/eng/b2c/cp_1/156
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I really didn't need to go looking through Cult Pens site, I've given it a cursory look before, but it just fuels my liking for nice writing tools, just like I really don't need to go looking at torch sites, I've got too many already.
Or sunglasses, for that matter...
CountZero - Member
I really didn't need to go looking through Cult Pens site, I've given it a cursory look before, but it just fuels my liking for nice writing tools
I hear that (even though I'm a regular there). Must be up to around 50 'nice' pens and pencils now. At least in my job they get used (on a 'I'm a bit bored with this one, what else have I got?' basis).
Oh for goodness sake, I clicked on this thread to laugh at the nerdy neediness of it all. Now I'm browsing for pens and pencils 🙄
Lost a lot of time looking through cult pens in my time. My daughter has one of the finest stationary collection at school with all my cast offs!
I hear that (even though I'm a regular there). Must be up to around 50 'nice' pens and pencils now. At least in my job they get used (on a 'I'm a bit bored with this one, what else have I got?' basis).
Once upon a time I had quite the collection of Rotring and Mechanorma technical pens, along with various size felt pens, and the Trio, of course, but driving cars for a living doesn't allow much opportunity for artistic expression with nice writing tools, sadly.
Being a rally co-driver (or at least a wannabe) I need a thicker 2mm lead so it doesn't snap when bouncing along in a car, and has to be mechanical rather than clutch as you don't have two hands to adjust the length with.
At the moment I have a few Staedtler 925 (from Cult Pens) with 4B leads but would like to upgrade to something a bit more premium, but need to avoid the above links until pay day.......
If it's a clutch you are after I don't think you can top a cheap Staedtler. I have owned many including metal Rotrings and others, the Staedtler feels the nicest in the hand. The Rotring Trio ones, well I am afraid the lead wobbles on the thinnest lead setting. Infuriating.
j4mie - Member
Being a rally co-driver (or at least a wannabe) I need a thicker 2mm lead so it doesn't snap when bouncing along in a car, and has to be mechanical rather than clutch as you don't have two hands to adjust the length with.At the moment I have a few Staedtler 925 (from Cult Pens) with 4B leads but would like to upgrade to something a bit more premium, but need to avoid the above links until pay day.......
https://www.cultpens.com/c/q/explore/product-type/pencils/mechanical-pencils#:=&g_tip_size=2mm
hah, it's threads like these that make the STW Forums what they are. I have no interest in owning a propelling pencil but can't help admire some people's 'passion' & knowledge about this sort of thing.
Please stop bumping this thread. I dread going onto cult pens, I keep seeing stuff I want!
That Kuru Toga looks good
This thread was potentially much more interesting given the Mobile View version of the forum truncates the title.
I used to have a black Pilot pencil like the one Charlie Luxton wields on his TV show. I found it on Oxford Road in Manchester 25 years ago and had it for years until it completely fell apart, it was fab.
He says that his is is a Dr. Grip Full Black and is only available in Japan, like this one:
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Alas it's not the same model as my much loved sadly perished pencil.
Woe is me
I have some "Dr Grip" pens (not black) and found that unfortunately the squishy grip gets nasty and sticky after a while:-(
Glad to see someone else vote for the Lamy 2000 mechanical pencil
just a beautiful piece of machinery, and a design award winner to boot
[url= https://www.lamy.com/eng/b2c/2000/101 ]Lamy 2000 Pencil[/url]
[url= http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/227631-lamy-2000-and-the-origins-of-lamy-design/ ]Some background reading [/url]
[url= https://www.thepencompany.com/blog/pencils/lamy-2000-mechanical-pencil/ ]Lamy 2000 Review[/url]
