What Pencil Are You Using Today?

[Gunther]

Today I am using a Mitsubishi S20 which I have modified to work with 0.4 mm leads:

 

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I have widened the clutch of a S20 0.3 mm and have replaced its tip and cap by those of a S10 0.4 mm. – I am using Pilot Neox Graphite 2B leads.

[LisaN]

Staedtler Norica HB2 in Black. Mmmmm.

[limt]

lamy 2000 pencil

[Zookie]

Uni Kuru Toga 0.7, and a Berol ca5.

[gordonhooker]

Lamy 2000 7mm lead pencil....

[IllamaNati]

Hello,

 

Writing/ Drawing/ whatever else with a simple Zebra mechanical pencil, .7. Been using it since 4th class.

Hands down, favourite writer that isn't a fountain pen.

[bernardo]

Faber-Castell Grip 0.7mm

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[PsychoDeli]

I always have a batch of classic Staedtler HB school pencils at hand but the ones I used most often are Pentel Graphgear 1000's. Wonderful mechanical pencils and they go with me everywhere.

 

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[BCastle]

Lamy Scribble 3.15 with Stabilo Easy Ergo B lead

[Beechwood]

A tiny and skinny Pilot 0.5mm

[Sergio 46]

Uni Kuru Toga 0.5

Mitsubishi S20

and the two Lamy Scribble in 0.7 and 3.15

 

all of them outstanding!

[a m a r g o]

Staedtler Mars Lumograph HB lead pencil...

 

[OrangeSport]

[______Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

[Frank C]

Lots of nice pencils in this topic. I enjoy pencils almost as much as fountain pens.

[Mishka5050]

Palomino Pearl

[Zookie]

I enjoy collecting mechanical pencils as much as I do fountain pens!

Today I've been using 2. A Zebra Z905, and a Sheaffer Fineline.

 

My latest restoration project is a small salmon colored Esterbrook pencil.

 

Doug

[TeaHive]

I used my E+M X-Change 2mm in light oak for marking leather, and I've been using my Frankenpencil (Parker 51/Vacumatic) 0.9mm for underlining in Lolita.

[a m a r g o]

Although for the bast majority of my work I use mechanical pencils or lead holders, the past months I've used pencils and being enjoy it quite a lot:

 

 

The hexagonal shape, the weight, the different finishes and even the smell of wood are comforting in some sense, do not know if it has to be with the memories we all have of our childhoods and the use of pencils, but I Intend to keep that momentum.

Edited July 15, 2015 by coppilcus

[zenephi001]

Although I have a Pentel P205 (80's?) and a Pentel P305 that have stood the test of time, and a couple of Parker 45's, they all do have a "pocket piercing" problem. So recently I bought a Pentel GraphGear 1000 0.3mm with clip press retraction. A very good pen with great functionality ... but I found the barrel away from the "spotted" grip area far too slippery for me to easily pick up. It also, to me, looked a bit "clunky / over designed"

 

So I bought a cultpens.com "Cult Pencil". It's brilliant! For me this is the Rolls Royce of mechanical pencils - or Jaguar / Audi / BMW / Aston Martin etc., take your pick. It has a simple press button retraction, fantastic milled metal grip, and a normal clip. It's one press to close and one click to re-open - and it's pocket safe, and the non-grip area of the barrel, while a satin smooth metal finish, I find easy to grip. Not only does it have great functionality it has that timeless classic look about it - real style where the simplicity of "less is more" wins out.