Mechanical Pencil Love

[giflarosa@insightbb.com]

I love the Koh-I-Noors; I believe they have only just started manufacturing them again; they've been selling the 0.3mm, 0.7mm and 0.9mm out of stock, but ran out of the 0.5mm because that's the most popular width. The 0.5mm are hard as hell to find, but I found one at a music supply store of all places.

[cwaff]

I normally use a Parker Jotter but have just lost it. It's been my long-time favourite and I'm finding it hard to pick up a replacement with a plastic barrel (which I find gives better grip than the metal Parker Jotter). I also have a Filofax pencil (like the size but bad tip wobble - grrr!) and a Pentel Graphgear 1000.

Having read some reviews, I've just ordered one of these online:

http://www.cultpens.com/acatalog/Pen...ry_Pencil.html

Anybody in the US should be able to get it much cheaper. They seem to be really expensive in the UK, even ignoring the weak dollar.

I'm hopeful that it will live up to the reviews:

http://davesmechanicalpencils.blogsp...echanical.html (How many pencil reviews?!!)

http://pigpog.com/node/1643

Cheers,
Chris

[DW-5600E]

Very classic DW, I keep walking by those in the store. Maybe I should stop and have a closer look.

The pen and pencil in the Parker Classic Set is quite thin, which might come as a surprise.

If you can, get a "hands on" look before you buy. If it's too thin for your tastes, the Parker Jotter Set is a bigger(thicker) version of the Classic Set.

[Eric L.]

I realize now that I forgot to mention the pencil that I carry in my pocket to jot notes in my little Moleskine pocket book. The semi famous Pilot vanishing point. It only comes in a 0.5 mm lead size ( I would prefer a 0.7) but I don't worry about losing it or poking holes in my pocket.

The Vanishing Point


The Moleskine notebook (pocket sized)



And for hazard duty in at work in the plant (not in my office) I use the Pentel Sharp 207. It is an indestructible workhorse. However, I couldn't find a decent picture on the web. Its the plastic blue 0.7 mm version.

So there you have it, the "Full Pencil Monty".

I never thought I'd visit this forum, having been reading the watch forums here for years now - but that Pilot pencil shown above is one I've been using for at least ten years now - its my favorite pencil of all time - the vanishing tip is excellent, and the click is solid.

[lastwinj]

definintely checkout daves mechanical pencils. he has very good information, IMO. I helped him with the model name of his favorite pencil.

My pencil blog is in his links section. Germ's pencils.


germ

[Fynn]

I had found Dave's pencil site when I started my search. It is a great resource. I had even checked out the link to "Germ's Pencils", another helpful spot.

I find it both amusing and intriguing that so many watch folks are also pencil folks!

[emeijer007]

Hi, I like pencils as well. In the Rolex Movement Movie on their site, they show this pencil.



I did some research and found out it is this piece



In the movie they use the yellow 9 mm version



But I orderered the 5 mm because I use it for writing not for drawing.



I use a Rotring Tikky 2 0.5 by the way. Not a very nice piece that I found in the companies office supplies. It will retire soon and go into the trash can as soon as the Graphlet 500 arrives.

[Fynn]

I almost pulled the trigger on the graphlet, then I found the Graphgrear 1000 and was swayed.

However, the rolex tie in is upping the cool factor

[CycloneFever]

I have to second the KOH-I-NOOR. I have both that and the Rotring 600 in 0.5 and they're virtually the same pencil with different materials of construction. I wouldn't be shocked to learn that they are in fact somehow related.

[CycloneFever]

I have to second the KOH-I-NOOR. I have both that and the Rotring 600 in 0.5 and they're virtually the same pencil with different materials of construction. I wouldn't be shocked to learn that they are in fact somehow related.

Well, I did a little checking and I don't have the Rotring like I thought. It is in fact a KOH-I-NOOR. 5640 to be exact. And it is in fact a duplicate of the Rotring 600.