What Pencil Are You Using Today?

[a m a r g o]

Kaweco AL Special 0.5 mini. Worst purchase I've made on a pencil, but it does well as a pocket pencil. Heavy weight and short stubby don't really go well together. Normally I use a drafting pencil (of any kind works for me) but lost it recently. Pentel's GraphGear 500 I used for forever before it broke falling down the stairs

Indeed... The small size does not help at all. As a sketch pencil, yes, as a regular mechanical pencil, no.

[kaushla]

Autopoint Twinpoint: 1.18mm lead.

Kohinoor Hardtmuth 5201C: 2.0mm lead

[Ruminator]

The only pencil currently seeing active duty is an old Japanese made Koh-I-Noor Rapidomatic in 0.3mm. I've had it forever (since graduate school) and it's still going strong.

[aderoy]

Today have gone for the Berol RapiDesign 0.9mm HB pencil. Has been in use since 1981, still going strong never a problem.

[dan in montreal]

Papermate MIrado Classic Black HB 2 made in Mexico. Found an open pack in a drawer. It is garbage. Crumbly graphite, uneven finish, terrible paint job. Won't be using it tomorrow.

[bernardo]

1960's 0.9mm Sheaffer

 

[Doug C]

Porsche Design Mikado.

Napkin Cuban

[Algester]

Zebra delguard .5

Uni kuru-toga .3 .5 standard (still looking for a .5 roulette)

Pilot S20 in dark brown wood .5mm

 

Soon to be added

Tombow Z505

Tombow monograph

[gammada]

Contrary to the trend in this particular thread, it's been ages since I last used a mechanical pencil. These days I use either a Faber Castell Grip 2001 or a Caran D'Ache natural wood pencil that I got as a gift from Apple Computer more than a decade ago.

[Kiaxa]

Pilot S20 0.5mm B lead

Uni Kuru Toga 0.5mm HB lead

Pentel Graphgear 500 0.3mm HB lead

Rotring 300 2mm HB lea

 

My lead variety is not very good atm. I am striving for 2B to 4H in 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9, and 2mm sizes with drafting pencils to match

Edited September 28, 2015 by Kiaxa

[Algester]

2B-4H on a .3 isnt highly likely to happen

but you have 2H-2B for .3mm

.5mm has the "normal" offerings from

4H-4B its just the the thickness could actually handle these lead grades

.4, .7 and .9 has the same lead offering

H-2B

 

the sweetest spot for leads seems to be .5mm along with the 2.0mm to have the maximum lead variety meaning its actually the "common" lead grades that will have the most

Edited September 29, 2015 by Algester

[tragique]

Rotring 600 0.5mm. I'm a bit upset the elastic band that made the red ring at the top seems to have fallen off..

[flatline]

2B-4H on a .3 isnt highly likely to happen

but you have 2H-2B for .3mm

.5mm has the "normal" offerings from

4H-4B its just the the thickness could actually handle these lead grades

.4, .7 and .9 has the same lead offering

H-2B

 

the sweetest spot for leads seems to be .5mm along with the 2.0mm to have the maximum lead variety meaning its actually the "common" lead grades that will have the most

 

I use 2B lead in my 0.3mm pencils. I believe it's Pentel Ain-Stein, but I could be mistaken.

[a m a r g o]

A homage of the turquoise pencils of old and a p205...

 

[cobalt]

Eversharp Symphony pencil.

[Tanzanite]

Steel Parker 25.

Edited October 13, 2015 by Tanzanite

[bernardo]

Still...

 

1960's 0.9mm Sheaffer

 

[Grafeus]

I am using a pencil infrequently but I always have my trusty Faber Castell 4600 clutch pencil (and corresponding sharpener) in the bag. If nothing else works it will. For book underlining and margin comments I use a simple Faber Castell 9000 wooden pencil. Smooth to write and very cheawable too

 

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp97/telenous/IMG_6802fpn_zpsk2bfhchi.jpg

Edited October 14, 2015 by Grafeus

[PAKMAN]

Retro 51 Tornado Albert edition

[sandy101]

I used my OHTO sharp pencil - a mechanical pencil fashioned to look like a wooden pencil.

 

It was the first writing implement out of the drawer - not used to mechanical pencils, I keep on breaking the lead.