#8 : Steadler 925 35-05b. It’s my first nice mechanical pencil and it’s just so nice to use.
The graphgear 1000 seems great too, I’ve never tried one tho.
Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this
Submitted 2 months ago by KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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guiguinofake@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 months 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.
Thteven@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ticonderoga #2, an absolute classic.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 months ago
2, always
CluckN@lemmy.world 2 months ago
2 in theory but there’s never a good pencil sharpener lying around.
mtchristo@lemm.ee 2 months ago
You will never get a sharper tip than with a cutter blade.
Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 2 months 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.
podperson@lemm.ee 2 months ago
#3 is the best mechanical I’ve ever owned, hands down. 3 all day long.
Edge004@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I actually did stop using other pencils after getting one lol
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 months 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.
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think people use the sharpwriter because US standardized testing requires a #2 pencil and the sharpwriters are cheap.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Same for Bic
waterbird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
it‘s going to be a very long list, lol
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 months 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.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’d rather fucking kill myself.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A fookin’ pencil!
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Anyone who picks #7 is a freak
rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 months 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.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Thank you.
db2@lemmy.world 2 months ago
HikingVet@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Don’t lose any of the plastic bits on that fucking nightmare.
sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Who writes with a pencil? Drawing… Okay… But writing is what fountain pens are for.
iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Better not make an error with a pen when you’re doing/writing down math.
sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Okay you got a point. Luckily I don’t have to do lots of math on paper in my day to day life.
Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 months ago
prairiemoonchild@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Probably #1, I love the weight of the metal at the bottom.
rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
The fact that Rotring, Staedtler, and K&E mechanical pencils are missing is deeply troubling.
I also have an emotional thing for the Pentel P200 series, and the Pentel Techniclick in black has been my absolute personal favourite for light-duty scribbling and note-taking since the 90s.
Lokoschade@feddit.org 2 months ago
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I do all my art with 5.
eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
This is the real personality tests, fuck Myers-Briggs and astrology. I need to know your choices for stationary.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Staedtler 35-05B but I guess 4 looks closest so I’ll take that
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months 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.
Draegur@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Pentel.
Always.
I prefer the p20x series personally but just about every mech pencil I’ve ever used from them has been excellent
olafurp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I had a pentel pen and it was just amazing. Very good for finger spinning
ilikecoffee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I have two twist-erase 3’s and I’ve never looked back. I love them so much.
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 months 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.
rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
No K&E either. Which for any draftsperson, ex or current, is a heretical omission.
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 months ago
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 months ago
The rotring is nice but I feel like the quality has gone downhill. That being said, it looks very nice.
sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Kinda off-topic but I have a Rotring fountain pen that looks nice but writing with it is really a sad experience…
Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A pen.
realitista@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I’m a Pentel man but the one pictured doesn’t look very comfy. I’d want something closer to #6.
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 months 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.
espressdelivery@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Rotring rapid pro 0.7mm
clubb@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What’s your opinion on the rotring tikky? I’m personally a big fan of the 0.5 tikky
Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Tikky II got me through my entire education.
espressdelivery@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Build quality by rotring is fantastic I don’t have a Tikky but I vouch for the brand
Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
No carpenter’s pencil?
Zomg@lemmy.world 2 months ago
3
em2@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
0.5mm for #1 or #3.
Get that grubby ugly 0.7mm lead outta here.
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nah. Fine enough for detail work, but thick enough to handle varying pressure for shading of isometric representations.
myster0n@feddit.nl 2 months ago
I prefer 2mm mechanical pencils instead of the 0.5mm ones.
CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
How about none of the above? But I kind of like those triangular pencils.
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 2 months ago
outranger@lemm.ee 2 months ago
7th one
HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I have a fondness for #7
andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 months 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.
redwattlebird@lemmings.world 2 months ago
Definitely 2. Sharpening is such a nice break from writing.
vga@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I’m a pen/pencil freak who’s spent an amazing amount of money on them, and I’d choose 2.