Five. Tired but true.
Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this
Submitted 1 year ago by KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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MasterFlamingo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Zomg@lemmy.world 1 year ago
3
callouscomic@lemm.ee 1 year ago
#2
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My handwriting is awful. #2 for me.
Phantom_Engineer@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Five, but I want the 0.9mm and not the 0.7.
hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
7 all the way. Though a nice metal mechanical pencil does sound nice.
prairiemoonchild@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Probably #1, I love the weight of the metal at the bottom.
HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 1 year ago
5 may not be pretty, but it’s had my back in some hard times.
CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The issue is the plastic internal mechanisms will wear out eventually. The Pentels have a metal core which has never worn out from my usage. I always end up losing the pencils before they break. The same can’t be said for the BICs.
billwashere@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I have a ton of these in the garage for woodworking. Screw the carpenters pencils, these are way better.
Pandantic@midwest.social 1 year ago
Mine isn’t here, but 8 if I have to choose.
em2@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
0.5mm for #1 or #3.
Get that grubby ugly 0.7mm lead outta here.
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Nah. Fine enough for detail work, but thick enough to handle varying pressure for shading of isometric representations.
Pandantic@midwest.social 1 year ago
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s there. #6
Pandantic@midwest.social 1 year ago
Oh, the “elite” looks so different I didn’t recognize it. I blame looking at it on a phone! 😓
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Number 7. A pleasure to write with, cheap enough so you don’t get mad when you lose it. Eraser that doesn’t suck.
Pocket clip does tend to shear off, though.
Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
either kuru toga, or a zebra one I had for a long time before an exchange student gave me the kuru togas
hobovision@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 year ago
If you choose #2 you’ll eventually not be able to write anything ever again because you can’t just add more lead.
KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol 1 year ago
I think it’s the only type of pencil you can use, not the only pencil.
As in: you can get as many of your preferred pencil as you need, but you cannot use any of the others.
tonyn@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Nobody said you get a sharpener though 😂
Psythik@lemm.ee 1 year ago
The Dixon Ticonderoga is the only pencil I’ve used that doesn’t have an absolute shit eraser, so I pick that.
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Psythik@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I haven’t been in school in over 18 years, but thanks for the suggestion anyway.
Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I never use integrated erasers apart from emergency like my standalome eraser got launched out of the test room and the staff won’t get it for me. Or for wood pencils when they are unusable for writing I’ll save them as erasers. I just hate having partial erasers or stuck half erasers in mechanical pencils.
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I got a Pentel with a tip like #3, so if #1 had the #3 tip I’d absolutely say #1.
My 0.7mm Pentel pencil has been the best pencil/mechanical pencil I have ever used, for the most part. It was definitely overpriced, like everything at a college bookstore, but it’s been such an amazing pencil. Only problem is that I can’t have it loose in the pockets of my spring jackets or it will try to poke through the cheap fabric.
omega_x3@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Only answer
lol_idk@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
But the old ones with metal clip, metal retractable tip, similar to this, of which I have a case
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I love the standard twist-erase, I bought a bunch of them in college and still use them. What’s different about the GT?
SpraynardKruger@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I was coming here to say this. Truly a disappointment that the Pentel Twist Erase GT is not included as a choice.
Sibshops@lemm.ee 1 year ago
#7, it doesn’t push up when you press on it.
5in1k@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Mirado Black Warrior all day.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
Hey made it easy with this one. 8 with the largest diameter lead I can fit in it.
Tikitimebomb@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Does it count if I’ve already used #8 exclusively for the last 10 years.
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why do I feel like I’m participating in market research
Psythik@lemm.ee 1 year ago
If that were the case, I would imagine that they would have picked a website with a much larger user base.
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Got em guys. I took down Mr. Bic
greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
My current pencils in use are a Pentel graph 1000 for pro in .3mm which is my top choice. Then I have a kokuyo enpitsu in .9mm which is very cheap and comfortable to use, and a Sheaffer twist mechanical pencil thing that is just really fun to use and has a nice heavy metal body.
I can’t say I would choose any of the above pencils, I don’t even see any lead holders (clutch pencils)!
jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 1 year ago
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Damn straight. Best pencil I’ve ever had. Well, the 0.5mm. I write too small for 0.7.
rekabis@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
.5mm or .3mm for me, the only place I use a .7mm or a .9mm is with woodworking.
srestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Full metall you say? Damnn.
I didn’t know about this brand and now I have been pushed into extensive research of their whole lineup of mechanical pens.
The 800 looks amazing but I’ve heard some people complaining about the nib being a bit wobbly, is that true in your experience?
jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 1 year ago
I don’t have a problem with the tip being wobbly, but it’s definitely a concern. I think its just a problem that you would get with any retractable tip pencil.
IMO, even if it did wobble, it’s worth the inconvenience. I used to have a mechanical pencil with a non-retractable tip & one drop ruined it.
guiguinofake@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
IIRC the 600 is pretty much the same pencil but with a non retractable tip. It might be better for you unless you carry it around.
benderbeerman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m surprised nobody else has rotring… my favorite by a considerable amount. Second place goes to the Uni Kuro Toga. Both fantastic pencils, but the weight and feel of the rotring 600 just leaves everything else in the dust
FarFarAway@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The rotring is super smooth, but its so heavy. I wanted it to be my favorite, but I ended up reaching for the kuro toga far more. Doesnt help that the tip of the rotring bent and dented out on the first drop. I bent it back and it still works, as long as I don’t rotate it.
Winged_Hussar@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yessss. Use a 500 daily
jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 1 year ago
Love to see it! Your eraser game needs some leveling though 😋, may I introduce you to this bad boy:
iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I have the same phone as you. I love that it’s red.
reptar@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s like an allergen for ADHD
aesopjah@lemm.ee 1 year ago
the correct answer
TemplaerDude@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Pencils are terrible, pens are the superior writing implement.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Where’s the BIC pencil?
BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 1 year ago
#5
abbadon420@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Just because it has “BIC” written on it, does not make it a BIC pencil.
then_three_more@lemmy.world 1 year ago
- By a country mile
KumaLumaJuma@feddit.uk 1 year ago
What is it like to hold? I have a few nice mechanical pencils but wouldn’t mind to get something a bit less expensive for when I travel to the office (my everyday is a YOL but I don’t like taking it out… ADHD, outside, and nice things do not mix well).
Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I have 3 of them, one of which is metal and cost me more than I’d like for a pencil but holy hell is it nice to write with.
Lokoschade@feddit.org 1 year ago
tomatoely@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I’ve got to try #1