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TZ250 said:
That is a very nice mechanical pencil. In the near future, I would like to buy a Rotring.



That is a lot of money for a mechanical pencil. However, some people with LOTS of money will consider some of these! :y:

$12,350 from https://www.kenroindustries.com/M-Alfa-Romeo.html
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I like the $13,950 fountain pen!
 
My two new mechanical pencils were supposed to be here last Saturday. I sent the company an email and learned that they will ship tomorrow. Sooooo, when they arrive I will take another comparison photo and post it.

I'm waiting as fast as I can! :D
 
TZ250 said:
My two new mechanical pencils were supposed to be here last Saturday. I sent the company an email and learned that they will ship tomorrow. Sooooo, when they arrive I will take another comparison photo and post it.

I'm waiting as fast as I can! :D
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What are they and were are they from?
 
I've got one of these light blue ones from Bell Systems knocking around. I like it.

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As an Autocad guy, I almost forgot about pencils. I use tech pens (micro fine roller ball) for sketches and notes. I can actually draw stuff faster in Autocad than I can by hand. For art drawing I still love REAL wood pencils and my old school repointer (the little rotary device that just reshapes the point) in a variety of hardness from 6H for sketching to 8B for deep shading. I guess I have always hated mech pencils, although they do work well against a metal straight edge.
 
Personally, I like the Tul brand. I've been using their pens for years, and received a couple of their pencils for Christmas about four years ago. My son tried to steal it for his homework just today.

"Hey," I said, "How about you use YOUR pencil?"
"But," he says, "I thought you said sharing is good..."
"It is. So I'm sharing my kitchen table and chair. Leave my pencil alone."


Later!

--Coop
 
I had a 0.3mm unit when I was in school, a few years back, don't know what happened to it, don't remember the brand. Loved it, could take notes in micro-print (3 lines of print in a single line of college ruled paper) that only I could read, nobody 'borrowed' my notes. No body borrowed my lead either.

Now days, working in the field, I buy the cheapest .5mm I can find. I lose 'em as fast as I buy 'em, sometimes faster. Never liked .7mm, write too fat.
 
My new pencils finally arrived. They are great! The new aluminum lower section of the Kuru Toga Roulette is much nicer than the plastic version. The Roulette has an upscale feel to it.

I discovered that I like 0.4mm lead. It always has a fine line and always feels sharp. The two new ones (#2 & #3) will be my everyday pencils.

In this picture, from left to right:
1. Kuru Toga basic model 0.5mm rotating lead
2. Kuru Toga Roulette 0.5mm rotating lead
3. Pilot S5 0.4mm
4. Staedtler 925 Regulator 0.5mm
5. Uni-Ball Shift Pipe Lock 0.5mm

These are not elaborate mechanical pencils, but they work well and look good.
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TZ250 said:
My new pencils finally arrived. They are great! The new aluminum lower section of the Kuru Toga Roulette is much nicer than the plastic version. The Roulette has an upscale feel to it.

I discovered that I like 0.4mm lead. It always has a fine line and always feels sharp. The two new ones (#2 & #3) will be my everyday pencils.

In this picture, from left to right:
1. Kuru Toga basic model 0.5mm rotating lead
2. Kuru Toga Roulette 0.5mm rotating lead
3. Pilot S5 0.4mm
4. Staedtler 925 Regulator 0.5mm
5. Uni-Ball Shift Pipe Lock 0.5mm

These are not elaborate mechanical pencils, but they work well and look good.
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Does the Staedtler have an all metal body? I've been looking at their pencils for a while but have never been able to tell.
 
Myself,Im always looking for a good pen.
To me, it makes a huge diffrents in my handwriting.
You get a good pen that glides over the paper, oh, its just a wonderfull thing.
I had a women just the other day tell me I had beautifull handwriting..being a man !!!!!!!! Whats up with those last 3 words???????GEEEZZZZEE, she could have left them out.:bangpan:
 
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skybuster said:
Does the Staedtler have an all metal body? I've been looking at their pencils for a while but have never been able to tell.
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Skybuster, as near as I can tell, the Staedtler has a plastic upper body. The lower is definitely aluminum. My biggest complaint about the Regulator is that it tends to change adjustment in my bookbag. If I were to buy another Staedtler, I would just buy the standard 925. Having said that, I really like the 925 Regulator and use it everyday. It has a very precise feel that the others do not have.
 
Scotty Dog said:
Myself,Im always looking for a good pen.
To me, it makes a huge diffrents in my handwriting.
You get a good pen that glides over the paper, oh, its just a wonderfull thing.
I had a women just the other day tell me I had beautifull handwriting..being a man !!!!!!!! Whats up with those last 3 words???????GEEEZZZZEE, she could have left them out.:bangpan:
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Have you ever tried a fountain pen? It may go well with your writing.
 
chrism said:
Have you ever tried a fountain pen? It may go well with your writing.
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OH boy..this is where the I USED TO saying comes in to play.
I used to have a nice Calligraphy set.
And I used to draw alot.
I have or had :confused2: (now that I think of it)an old popcorn tin that is full of pens and markers and colored pencils and chalk and french curves,rules,drafting templates,ect.
I did manage to hold on to a few tablets with some of my drawings from the days past.
That is something I really would like to and should get back into.
Funny,well maybe not funny,but how we can get away from some of the things we used to do and enjoy.
 
After using these mechanical pencils for a LOT of writing, I now have a clear favorite. That favorite is the Kuru Toga 0.5mm (black mechanical pencil in the picture). I definitely prefer the solid feel of the aluminum lower portion compared to it's cheaper versions plastic lower section. The Staedlter 925 Regulator feels like a scalpel, but the cam mechanism constantly changes. I use the Kuru Toga 90% of the time, followed by the Uni Shift Pipe about 5% of the time and the Staedtler 925 Regulator the remaining 5% of the time. I rarely use the 0.4mm because of the rubber grip.

The rotating lead mechanism has changed the way I think about ALL mechanical pencils. :)
 
chrism said:
For you pencil fans, here is a link to Levenger. They have some neat stuff including a $180.00 pencil!


https://www.levenger.com/PAGETEMPLATES/NAVIGATION/Preview.asp?Params=category=8-911|level=2-3
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Once I bought a leather bookbag for $1 at a garage sale. Turns out it was one of those $275 Levenger bags--the leather was nicely worn in and it had a lot of miles left on it.

I've tried a lot of mechanical pencils, but crazy enough my absolute favorite are some Spiderman pencils I bought on clearance in the party favor section at Walmart. The one writing utensil rule in my house is "Don't touch Mom's Spidey pencils!" :bangpan:
 
I used to make my living with AutoCAD, but still needed my manual drafting skills as well. Somewhere in a box in the garage are all my drafting tools, still packed away following our move last year. Staedtler lead holders, .3, .5 and .7 mechanical pencils and leads for all ranging from 4H to BB. Right now most of my drawing is done with Pilot fine and superfine roller ball pens.
 
It's been a while since I've posted in this thread. I just discovered the joy of using a Rotring 600! However, the new versions look a little dull. My new Rotring 600 will arrive on Monday. My new Rotring 800 will arrive on Monday or Tuesday.

In the mean time, I'll share this picture with my fellow rocket geeks. :grin:

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Although I love .3 and .5 mm drafting pencils (I still have an Alvin from my freshman year of college). I actually usually stick to 2 mm lead holders. Although they aren't much to look at the OHTO comforcil lead holders and often what I have at my desk at work.
 
I'm not an engineer (Biologist/QA Manager, and also professional writer), but I've sworn by the 0.5mm Pentel Quicker Clickers for many years now. I used to use the old 0.5mm Pentel mechanical pencil, but I like the side button on the QC with the exposed eraser. Just my preference. And 0.7mm just feels big and clunky to me.
 
This picture shows the older generation Rotring 600. Notice the writing on the barrel and the European comma instead of a decimal point. These two Rotring's arrived yesterday.

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sooner.boomer said:
For my job I keep a journal. I document my work times, and stuff I work on. I also draw a lot of sketches and schematics. I've tried using several different mechanical pencils, but they either break, get lost/stolen, or they're just too expensive. I'm not about to bring any of my good drafting pencils to work! So I buy and use "normal" wooden pencils. My problem has been in finding a good, decently priced sharpener. I've tried several of the cheap plastic thingies, but they either don't sharpen the pencil well, or sharpen at the wrong angle and break the lead, or some other problem. Right now I'm using a small folding utility knife to whittle the tip, but that's not good either...
(I tried explaining my problem to my high-priced MBA brother. He replied "Who the * uses a pencil nowdays?".)
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I use a wood pencil for a lot of carpentry - keeps a finer line. Here is the sharpener of I use.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005D91WDM/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

I love it. Greatest thing ever.

Edward
 
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Scotty Dog said:
Myself,Im always looking for a good pen.
To me, it makes a huge diffrents in my handwriting.
You get a good pen that glides over the paper, oh, its just a wonderfull thing.
I had a women just the other day tell me I had beautifull handwriting..being a man !!!!!!!! Whats up with those last 3 words???????GEEEZZZZEE, she could have left them out.:bangpan:
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Check out the Zebra F701. Yeah the ink/refill is nothing fancy but the casing is really swell. Thick, heavy, knurled stainless steel! Reloads aren't expensive either! Granted it doesn't have the punch of a CTI F240 but hey, it does one heck of a line!
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Ken
 
chrism said:
Have you ever tried a fountain pen? It may go well with your writing.
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+1, I'm dysgraphic and have really, really bad handwriting, in fact if that was part of getting into med school I'd be accepted as magma cum lada, my German teacher brought me back a fountatin pen from Germany. BIG difference, very smooth, and much better handwriting
 
I loved mech pencils as a kid and would spend my paper route cash on them. There were some that were too pricey for me that I never got :(

I saw an article on the Uni-Ball Kuru Toga a couple years ago and ordered a couple. They are darn nice.
 
BeerorKid said:
I loved mech pencils as a kid and would spend my paper route cash on them. There were some that were too pricey for me that I never got :(

I saw an article on the Uni-Ball Kuru Toga a couple years ago and ordered a couple. They are darn nice.
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+1 on the Kuru Toga. I normally can't stand 0.5 lead pencils and always break the lead but not with the Kuru Toga.
 
I just bought these for a dollar at Dollar Tree, but I got a 10 pack!

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Got this off of jetpens a while back, a pilot s10 in 0.3mm, very smooth, and well balanced, can cram a full lecure of orgainc chemistry onto a single page of paper instead of 4. Love the 0.3mm!!!
 

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