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Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • sloppychops@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    1. Always and forever.
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  • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Come on, where is the Pentel P200 series?

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    • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hiding in the shadow of #1

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  • Banana@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    5 all the way

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  • H1jAcK@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Do I get to choose my lead size?

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    • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes

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      • H1jAcK@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        3

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  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There are no drafting pencils.

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    • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      what about now bruv?

      Image

      déja vu intensifies

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      • HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Listed as a clutch pencil. Have been calling it a drafting pencil since like 2003 when I first used one.

        It’s the only type of pencil I use outside of woodworking. And if pressed forced to choose, I go with that.

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  • CidVicious@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    How about none of the above? But I kind of like those triangular pencils.

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    • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Image

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  • cubism_pitta@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    5 all day every day… .5mm would be more betta though

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  • LGTM@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My choice would’ve been 3 or 1 just by how they feel in my hand, but I got a new .3 Kuru Toga and god it’s too smooth for me not to choose 4

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    • mick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I have #3 and the KH. The KH stays on my desk, but #3’s in my bag and goes everywhere because it has a fully retractable sleeve and I don’t have to worry about bending or breaking it.

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    • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      0.3mm, I love to write that thin but I can’t stop breaking the lead. Agreed that the kuru toga is the best in this lineup though, I’ve had one for most of the last decade.

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  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    #8 all the way.

    If I had to do sketch design drafting with a pen or wooden pencil in college and not a 0.5 mechanical, I would have probably become a school shooter.

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    • Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ve been using Zebra pens and pencils almost exclusively for the last 20 years. My only complaint with the pencil is its eraser. If you need to erase something small it’s fantastic, but I always keep a separate eraser handy.

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      • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Honestly that’s a complaint I have about nearly every pencil, not just the zebra. They’re almost always hard and smudgy because the pencil has been sitting out either in a warehouse or on an office supply shelf for like 5 years.
        I’d rather bring my own hi-poly brick eraser, or even better, a hi-poly retractable eraser that is a lot easier to control and keep a fresh, smudge-free surface on.

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    • pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Agreed, I like both their mechanical pencils and pens, even if visually they are a bit too close.

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    • Coyote_sly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah, #8 and it’s not even close for me.

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  • hilliard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Image

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    • errer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This image perfectly stretches in the thread display. Incredibly satisfying.

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    • DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Except they have no eraser. What good is the black tip??

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      • rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You use a click eraser or a normal block eraser.

        Only filthy casuals suffer one at the end of the pencil.

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      • affenlehrer@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        5B hardness

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    • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Ja.

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  • terminhell@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hope I don’t have much left to write if choosing #2(pun is a package deal). But it would be my pick.

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  • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I already own that exact some Kuru Toga, so this one’s a no-brainer.

    Anyone who deliberately picks the Sharpwriter or the Bic needs keeping an eye on; we need to keep those kinds of people on a list.

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    • waterbird@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      it‘s going to be a very long list, lol

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      • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Key word being deliberately. I predict the majorty of people who wind up with either of those ghastly things did so because they were all that was available, easily filched from the supply closet, or it’s all their parents would give them because they are above all else cheap.

        I have probably handled and used hundreds of the damn things in my life but I have never once spent a single penny on any of them; they were without exception foisted off on me by circumstance, not intentionally sought out.

        I was a Staedtler nerd in school anyway, any time I was not allowed to use a fountain pen.

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    • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think people use the sharpwriter because US standardized testing requires a #2 pencil and the sharpwriters are cheap.

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      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Same for Bic

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  • dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I used number 5 throughout high school and university and they always served me well. Sometimes I thought about trying the fancier ones with gel grips, but old reliable BIC was always there for me. I trusted the BIC.

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  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    6 was what I ended up with after considering all options before I went fully digital.

    Better grip and easy to refill

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    • pbjelly@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I had to scroll so far to see someone who likes 6! I’m a lefty, and every pencil felt so uncomfortable because of my grip and this was one of the few which didn’t make my fingers hurt.

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    • Vertelleus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And large eraser.

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  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    2 although 6 is also pretty good from my experience.

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  • simple@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    1. My experience with mechanical pencils is that they’re often unreliable and a waste of time. I hate having to reload my pencil, I hate when it breaks if you accidentally make the tip longer than it should be, I hate when you accidentally put one more in the pencil and it gets clogged…

    Just hand over the regular pencil and a decent sharpener.

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    • UnityDevice@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Unreliable? I have two Staedtler Mars Micro pens I bought a good 20 years ago and they both work perfectly.

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    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Back at my school in the 90’s you just bought a 10 pack of the cheap black Bic mechanical pencils for like $3 and you were set for the year if you didn’t lose too many. They never really broke and you didn’t have to refill them if you didn’t want to. They also never clogged and if you weren’t an idiot you didn’t try to use too much lead length to where it would break off.

      They were simple and easy and always sharp.

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    • Prandom_returns@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It also always ends mid-word/stroke, and you start etching the paper with the metal end. Very annoying.

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    • BarticusR@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “Decent sharpener” aka box cutters.

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    • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      On the topic of sharpeners, those battery powered pressure sharpeners are satisfying as fuck. They’re shit and invariably snap the nib, but they’re the sharpening equivalent of shoving a Q-tip in your ear and having a good rake about.

      Or if you’re all about the procrastination, spending a few minutes every lesson at the classroom sharpener like this one brings back the nostalgia:

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      • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The pull out drawer for shavings is top tier.

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    • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Plus a good ol Dixon Ticonderoga can write on stuff other than paper. About the only time I use a pencil is when doing carpentry and mechanical ones just snap.

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      • greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        When I was doing roofing the pica dry mechanical pencils made things so much better. Sure a pencil works good on wood, but what about when I have to mark gray sheet metal? You need something that comes with different colors.

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    • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If you feel they are unreliable, it may just be that you aren’t using good ones. I use 3 on a regular basis and never have issues with feeding or lead breaking; I also only have to refill it every few weeks.

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      • sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Same, an actual good quality, properly made and assembled mechanical pencil will just keep going and going, and if you treat it well, you never need to replace it.

        Kind like a decent quality safety razor.

        All you gotta do is treat it right and replace the razors/graphite, saves money after probably a month or two of decent use.

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      • ornery_chemist@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I got one because I was intrigued by its lead rotation, but I found that it really didn’t rotate the lead enough while I wrote. I kept having to rotate the barrel manually to keep a thin line like I do for every other mechanical pencil, and then would get annoyed every time the clip came around to brush my hand. I’ve been wondering if I’m doing something wrong, or if Japanese just uses more shorter strokes. Do you also like it when writing English?

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      • rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’ve had the same mechanical pencil for ten years. It’s comfortable, reliable, easy to reload, but if I had to choose one for the rest of my life, I’d still go with the traditional wood/graphite pencil. It’s cheap, it’s everywhere, it’s durable, and not a great loss if you lose it.

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    • P1k1e@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Bonus points for #2 being #2

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  • waterbird@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    1. ole reliable
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    • Reyali@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My fidgeting while I was in middle school led me to break every kind of mechanical pencil I used, except for 5. I forced myself to only use those in high school and college so I would always have a reliable pencil.

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    • MagnyusG@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah, 2 if I need a traditional pencil, and 5 for everything else

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