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• realitista@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m a Pentel man but the one pictured doesn’t look very comfy. I’d want something closer to #6.

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  • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Pentel used to be my pencil of choice, too. You’d probably want something more like the e-Sharp. The one pictured is really more of a precision work one. Drafting, art. Less for long-form writing.

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    • realitista@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah that looks about right.

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• espressdelivery@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Rotring rapid pro 0.7mm

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  • clubb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What’s your opinion on the rotring tikky? I’m personally a big fan of the 0.5 tikky

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    • espressdelivery@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Build quality by rotring is fantastic I don’t have a Tikky but I vouch for the brand

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    • Aqarius@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Tikky II got me through my entire education.

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• ceccome@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  5

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• sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Who writes with a pencil? Drawing… Okay… But writing is what fountain pens are for.

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  • iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Better not make an error with a pen when you’re doing/writing down math.

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    • sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Okay you got a point. Luckily I don’t have to do lots of math on paper in my day to day life.

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    • Pulptastic@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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• wieson@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Only Faber-Castell for me

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• randombullet@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Number 3. I already did two degrees with it.

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• v7x@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Number 1.

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• WhyFlip@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  2

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  • OldChicoAle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Same. I press too hard to use mechanical pencils

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I just like being able to use a duller point sometimes when I’m drawing.

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• chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I never really got to use good mechanical pencils so I don’t know much except… Not 7.

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• itsnotits@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  #3 for the always-sharp tip, but #4 is a close contender for the protection against snapping lead. (I own both of these pencils.)

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• felixwhynot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Where are my fellow Blackwing pencil enjoyers?

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• RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Alvin DM07. No other, maybe #3 because I liked that the lead automatically rotated on each press. But Alvin all the way.

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• hmmm@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  2

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• TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I really like 4.

  Mainly for the reason that it auto rotates the pencil lead every time you lift it off the page; thus preventing flat spotting your handwriting

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• EndHD@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I spent way too much time hunting down a Pilot Automac and finally got it. being stuck with anything here would be such a stark downgrade

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• TheOakTree@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I have been using 3 for the last 6 or so years. I also like 1 and 4. Can’t go wrong with 2.

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• guiguinofake@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  #8 : Steadler 925 35-05b. It’s my first nice mechanical pencil and it’s just so nice to use.

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  The graphgear 1000 seems great too, I’ve never tried one tho.

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  • TheOakTree@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The staedtler 925 is great. I think you might prefer the graphgear 500 over the 1000 though, as the rubber nubs on the 1000 are more annoying than plain knurled metal, imo.

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• ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Tossup between 2 and 5. Forever locked in competition with their strengths and weaknesses perfectly inverted to each other. I used to use 5 for lineart and then shade with 2.

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• trumboner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ll take the good ole #2 pencil. Just enough tech and no more.

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• TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  #6 is the closest to what got me through dozens of blue books.

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• Thteven@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ticonderoga #2, an absolute classic.

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• glibg@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  #2 is classic. #5 has never let me down. But ive never understood how people use #7: shitty wobbly tip

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• Tungsten5@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I cant use pencil. I have a bad habit of pressing down hard when writing and I just keep breaking the tip. So I always use pen. Get dat bic boi

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• srestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Despite not having tried any of them I guess I’ll pick #1 since it’s the most robust looking one.

  Currently I use one from Bic which works well enough.

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  • tophneal@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    1s are hella sturdy and awesome. I love em as mechanical pencils

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• Crashumbc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  1

  I’ve also used 4 and 8 which are both decent.

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• Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  No carpenter’s pencil?

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• zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  2. Mechanical pencil lead scratching on paper makes my ears tingle

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• SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I usually write in pen, only reason I’d use pencil is if I know I need to erase.

  So… #5 I think. Simple, reliable, easily replaced.

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