I've never touched a mechanical pencil that didn't suck. 7 is awful, I don't understand what people like about it. The only choice on this is 2.
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3 Kuru Toga
You missed an option.
Blocky and stacky BOIS gang united
#2
We’ve taken way too many things that don’t need to be plastic and made them plastic
made them plastic
#1 is all metal. Retractable tip. Bought one after Adam Savage reviewed them.
#2 is definitely the best long-term option, but it's really nice not to have to constantly sharpen while you're doing some intricate work.
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The fact that Rotring, Staedtler, Faber-Castell, and K&E mechanical pencils are missing is deeply troubling.
I also have an emotional thing for the Pentel P200 series, and the Pentel Techniclick in black has been my absolute personal favourite for light-duty scribbling and note-taking/math since the 90s.
Number 2 is the only one that can write effectively on wood. I may not build a lot, but when I have tried to use a mechanical pencil for marking wood, it was a total fail.
I'm a pen/pencil freak who's spent an amazing amount of money on them, and I'd choose 2.
2
I'd rather fucking kill myself.
With a pencil?
A fookin' pencil!
7th one
I have a fondness for #7
#7 is perfect, the thick lead and the spring is great if you push down on the paper too hard for the other mechanical pencils.
Dr. Grip. I love the "shake to advance" thing and the huge, squishy grip.
I do all my art with 5.
This is the real personality tests, fuck Myers-Briggs and astrology. I need to know your choices for stationary.
Staedtler 35-05B but I guess 3 looks closest so I'll take that
6
Definitely 2. Sharpening is such a nice break from writing.
I would suggest that the Dixon Ticonderoga is the most reliable, most cost-efficient, and easiest-to-use writing utinsil in the history of humanity.*
Each other option has more points of potential failure and additional complexities over the Ticonderoga. While more complicated tools may net you some improvement in writing style or sharpness, they are massive trade-offs in more basic areas.
This would be much the same question if it were "what car would you drive for the rest of your life" between fancy ones like Ferraris and Lambos to cheaper, more reliable ones like Corollas and Civics. Everyone likes the look of the Ferrari -- but the only car for the rest of your life? It's got to be reliable, or you're going nowhere. You want to be able to keep driving.
The Ticonderoga guarantees you can keep writing.
*intentionally overselling it for humor. But it is a nice, simple, good-quality pencil.
Pentel.
Always.
I prefer the p20x series personally but just about every mech pencil I've ever used from them has been excellent
I had a pentel pen and it was just amazing. Very good for finger spinning
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If I'm only allowed one type of pencil it's good old #2 (I'm more of a pen snob)
Wtf is this shit? No Rotring. No Alvin. No Koh-i-Noor. I guess I have to take the GraphGear, but it's under duress.
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# 2 (lol), but only if I can provide my own type of pencil. Runner up gg1k.
Props for #2 being a #2, but of these I usually go for 6. My personal favorite though is Pentel twist erase.
Though all the kuru toga enthusiasts here have convinced me to give them a try.
I also buy 5s in bulk, those shitty bic pencils are the "little brother" option when my D&D players forget their own writing instruments.
- it rotates the graphite as you write so your lines are always sharp. it's an absolute game changer and now i can never go back to a standard mechanical pencil
No pencils. Let the record stand, cross off mistakes with a single strikethrough like a gentleman.
Kuru Toga Advance please.
2
- I like the Zebra.Got them at Dollar Tree or one of the Dollar stores.
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