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Re: Are you still using your mechanical pencils? - raz - 07-12-2011
0.5 Pentels
I think they've lasted me since the mid 80s
Re: Are you still using your mechanical pencils? - kap - 07-12-2011
Between the Wife and me, we have more than enough Pentels mechanical pencils. She likes 0.5 because she writes lightly. I prefer 0.7 or 0.9 because I tend to press down, which brings up another question: do you prefer softer or harder pencil grade? I like H or 2H lead. Send picture of your favorite mechanical pencil.
Re: Are you still using your mechanical pencils? - freeradical - 07-12-2011
cbelt3 wrote:
In college I used 0.3mm Pentels. As I aged, I moved back up to 0.5mm, then 0.7mm.
Now I stick with a plain #2 yellow pencil. Why ?
Because I can stick it behind my ear and it's light enough to stay there. I am an engineer, but I don't wear a pocket protector and I got tired of the mechanical pencil sticking holes in my shirt pockets.
Ticonderoga's are great. They even have an eraser that erases instead of just smudging.
Re: Are you still using your mechanical pencils? - kahuna1342 - 07-12-2011
Yep. Still using a Pentel P207 (0.7mm) that is about 25 years old.
Re: Are you still using your mechanical pencils? - threeprong - 07-12-2011
I only write in ink.