Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this

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• vga@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m a pen/pencil freak who’s spent an amazing amount of money on them, and I’d choose 2.

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• Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  2, always

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  • CluckN@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    2 in theory but there’s never a good pencil sharpener lying around.

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    • mtchristo@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You will never get a sharper tip than with a cutter blade.

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    • Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I actually bought like 5 pencil sharpeners looking for one that sharpens on a steep angle to get the tip style that comes out of the box instead of the long style you get with most sharpeners. Now I just keep them all over the place.

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• podperson@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  #3 is the best mechanical I’ve ever owned, hands down. 3 all day long.

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  • Edge004@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I actually did stop using other pencils after getting one lol

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• dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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  • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Same for Bic

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  • waterbird@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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• Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’d rather fucking kill myself.

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  • hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    With a pencil?
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    • Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A fookin’ pencil!

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• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Anyone who picks #7 is a freak

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  • rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I find myself inordinately amused by the unsolicited vitriol of your comment. Sounds like you have a lot to unpack with that particular model.

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  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thank you.

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• sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• guiguinofake@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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• Thteven@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ticonderoga #2, an absolute classic.

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• prairiemoonchild@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Probably #1, I love the weight of the metal at the bottom.

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• db2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t lose any of the plastic bits on that fucking nightmare.

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• rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The fact that Rotring, Staedtler, 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 since the 90s.

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• Lokoschade@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Image This one

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• setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I do all my art with 5.

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• pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Staedtler 35-05B but I guess 4 looks closest so I’ll take that

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• circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

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• Draegur@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Pentel.

  Always.

  I prefer the p20x series personally but just about every mech pencil I’ve ever used from them has been excellent

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  • olafurp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had a pentel pen and it was just amazing. Very good for finger spinning

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  • ilikecoffee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have two twist-erase 3’s and I’ve never looked back. I love them so much.

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• BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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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  • rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No K&E either. Which for any draftsperson, ex or current, is a heretical omission.

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    • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How could I forget K&E. Nice slide rules, too.

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  • pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The rotring is nice but I feel like the quality has gone downhill. That being said, it looks very nice.

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    • sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Kinda off-topic but I have a Rotring fountain pen that looks nice but writing with it is really a sad experience…

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• Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A pen.

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• realitista@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah that looks about right.

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• espressdelivery@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Rotring rapid pro 0.7mm

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  • clubb@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • Aqarius@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tikky II got me through my entire education.

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    • espressdelivery@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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• Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No carpenter’s pencil?

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• em2@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  0.5mm for #1 or #3.

  Get that grubby ugly 0.7mm lead outta here.

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  • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nah. Fine enough for detail work, but thick enough to handle varying pressure for shading of isometric representations.

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• myster0n@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I prefer 2mm mechanical pencils instead of the 0.5mm ones.

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• CidVicious@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• outranger@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  7th one

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• HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have a fondness for #7

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  • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    #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.

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• redwattlebird@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Definitely 2. Sharpening is such a nice break from writing.

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• eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is the real personality tests, fuck Myers-Briggs and astrology. I need to know your choices for stationary.

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• Comtief@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Also, some of these options are not pencils. For a pen I’d go for 5/6.

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  • Emerald@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They all look like pencils to me.

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  • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    5 literally says pencil on it.

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