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Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this

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Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    1. Ticonderoga is the Cadillac of pencils.
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    • johncritzman@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Can I introduce you to Blackwings? They write so well and the eraser is a little bigger. Is it a lot if hype? Yeah probably, but its also just a good pencil. It’s like the Rolls Royce of wood pencils

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      • alcibiades@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Blackwings feel like writing with a pen it’s absurd. Plus they look great

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  • LGTM@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    My choice would’ve been 3 or 1 just by how they feel in my hand, but I got a new .3 Kuru Toga and god it’s too smooth for me not to choose 4

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    • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      0.3mm, I love to write that thin but I can’t stop breaking the lead. Agreed that the kuru toga is the best in this lineup though, I’ve had one for most of the last decade.

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    • mick@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I have #3 and the KH. The KH stays on my desk, but #3’s in my bag and goes everywhere because it has a fully retractable sleeve and I don’t have to worry about bending or breaking it.

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  • outranger@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    7th one

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  • HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I have a fondness for #7

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    • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      #7 is perfect, the thick lead and the spring is great if you push down on the paper too hard for the other mechanical pencils.

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  • guiguinofake@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    #8 : Steadler 925 35-05b. It’s my first nice mechanical pencil and it’s just so nice to use.

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    The graphgear 1000 seems great too, I’ve never tried one tho.

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    • TheOakTree@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The staedtler 925 is great. I think you might prefer the graphgear 500 over the 1000 though, as the rubber nubs on the 1000 are more annoying than plain knurled metal, imo.

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  • Thteven@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ticonderoga #2, an absolute classic.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Anyone who picks #7 is a freak

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    • rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I find myself inordinately amused by the unsolicited vitriol of your comment. Sounds like you have a lot to unpack with that particular model.

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    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Thank you.

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  • AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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    The GOAT

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  • Shootingstarrz17@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    6

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  • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I do all my art with 5.

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  • eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This is the real personality tests, fuck Myers-Briggs and astrology. I need to know your choices for stationary.

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  • Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    2, always

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    • CluckN@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      2 in theory but there’s never a good pencil sharpener lying around.

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      • mtchristo@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You will never get a sharper tip than with a cutter blade.

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      • Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I actually bought like 5 pencil sharpeners looking for one that sharpens on a steep angle to get the tip style that comes out of the box instead of the long style you get with most sharpeners. Now I just keep them all over the place.

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  • podperson@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    #3 is the best mechanical I’ve ever owned, hands down. 3 all day long.

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    • Edge004@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I actually did stop using other pencils after getting one lol

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  • pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Staedtler 35-05B but I guess 4 looks closest so I’ll take that

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  • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I already own that exact some Kuru Toga, so this one’s a no-brainer.

    Anyone who deliberately picks the Sharpwriter or the Bic needs keeping an eye on; we need to keep those kinds of people on a list.

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    • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I think people use the sharpwriter because US standardized testing requires a #2 pencil and the sharpwriters are cheap.

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      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Same for Bic

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    • waterbird@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      it‘s going to be a very long list, lol

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      • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Key word being deliberately. I predict the majorty of people who wind up with either of those ghastly things did so because they were all that was available, easily filched from the supply closet, or it’s all their parents would give them because they are above all else cheap.

        I have probably handled and used hundreds of the damn things in my life but I have never once spent a single penny on any of them; they were without exception foisted off on me by circumstance, not intentionally sought out.

        I was a Staedtler nerd in school anyway, any time I was not allowed to use a fountain pen.

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  • QualifiedKitten@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Dr. Grip. I love the “shake to advance” thing and the huge, squishy grip.

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  • sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Who writes with a pencil? Drawing… Okay… But writing is what fountain pens are for.

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    • iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Better not make an error with a pen when you’re doing/writing down math.

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      • sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Okay you got a point. Luckily I don’t have to do lots of math on paper in my day to day life.

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      • Pulptastic@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I would suggest that the Dixon Ticonderoga is the most reliable, most cost-efficient, and easiest-to-use writing utinsil in the history of humanity.*

    Each other option has more points of potential failure and additional complexities over the Ticonderoga. While more complicated tools may net you some improvement in writing style or sharpness, they are massive trade-offs in more basic areas.

    This would be much the same question if it were “what car would you drive for the rest of your life” between fancy ones like Ferraris and Lambos to cheaper, more reliable ones like Corollas and Civics. Everyone likes the look of the Ferrari – but the only car for the rest of your life? It’s got to be reliable, or you’re going nowhere. You want to be able to keep driving.

    The Ticonderoga guarantees you can keep writing.

    *intentionally overselling it for humor. But it is a nice, simple, good-quality pencil.

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  • redwattlebird@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Definitely 2. Sharpening is such a nice break from writing.

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  • db2@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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    • HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Don’t lose any of the plastic bits on that fucking nightmare.

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  • Draegur@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Pentel.

    Always.

    I prefer the p20x series personally but just about every mech pencil I’ve ever used from them has been excellent

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    • olafurp@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I had a pentel pen and it was just amazing. Very good for finger spinning

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    • ilikecoffee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I have two twist-erase 3’s and I’ve never looked back. I love them so much.

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  • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Wtf is this shit? No Rotring. No Alvin. No Koh-i-Noor. I guess I have to take the GraphGear, but it’s under duress.

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    • rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No K&E either. Which for any draftsperson, ex or current, is a heretical omission.

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      • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        How could I forget K&E. Nice slide rules, too.

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    • pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The rotring is nice but I feel like the quality has gone downhill. That being said, it looks very nice.

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      • sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Kinda off-topic but I have a Rotring fountain pen that looks nice but writing with it is really a sad experience…

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  • prairiemoonchild@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Probably #1, I love the weight of the metal at the bottom.

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  • Comtief@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Also, some of these options are not pencils. For a pen I’d go for 5/6.

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    • Emerald@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They all look like pencils to me.

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    • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      5 literally says pencil on it.

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  • kerrigan778@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If I’m only allowed one type of pencil it’s good old #2

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  • Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    A pen.

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  • realitista@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m a Pentel man but the one pictured doesn’t look very comfy. I’d want something closer to #6.

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    • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Pentel used to be my pencil of choice, too. You’d probably want something more like the e-Sharp. The one pictured is really more of a precision work one. Drafting, art. Less for long-form writing.

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      • realitista@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yeah that looks about right.

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  • espressdelivery@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Rotring rapid pro 0.7mm

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    • clubb@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What’s your opinion on the rotring tikky? I’m personally a big fan of the 0.5 tikky

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      • espressdelivery@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Build quality by rotring is fantastic I don’t have a Tikky but I vouch for the brand

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      • Aqarius@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Tikky II got me through my entire education.

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  • Lokoschade@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Image This one

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  • Pulptastic@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No pencils. Let the record stand, cross off mistakes with a single strikethrough like a gentleman.

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