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KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 1 week agoIf you feel they are unreliable, it may just be that you aren’t using good ones. I use 3 on a regular basis and never have issues with feeding or lead breaking; I also only have to refill it every few weeks.
Same, an actual good quality, properly made and assembled mechanical pencil will just keep going and going, and if you treat it well, you never need to replace it.
Kind like a decent quality safety razor.
All you gotta do is treat it right and replace the razors/graphite, saves money after probably a month or two of decent use.
I got one because I was intrigued by its lead rotation, but I found that it really didn’t rotate the lead enough while I wrote. I kept having to rotate the barrel manually to keep a thin line like I do for every other mechanical pencil, and then would get annoyed every time the clip came around to brush my hand. I’ve been wondering if I’m doing something wrong, or if Japanese just uses more shorter strokes. Do you also like it when writing English?
I only use my kuru toga when writing in Japanese, I normally just use a pen for english.
rtxn@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’ve had the same mechanical pencil for ten years. It’s comfortable, reliable, easy to reload, but if I had to choose one for the rest of my life, I’d still go with the traditional wood/graphite pencil. It’s cheap, it’s everywhere, it’s durable, and not a great loss if you lose it.
monarch@lemm.ee 1 week ago
What pencil?