#8 all the way.
If I had to do sketch design drafting in college with a pen or wooden pencil and not a 0.5 mechanical, I would have probably become a school shooter.
Yeah, #8 and it’s not even close for me.
I’ve been using Zebra pens and pencils almost exclusively for the last 20 years. My only complaint with the pencil is its eraser. If you need to erase something small it’s fantastic, but I always keep a separate eraser handy.
Honestly that’s a complaint I have about nearly every pencil, not just the zebra. They’re almost always hard and smudgy because the pencil has been sitting out either in a warehouse or on an office supply shelf for like 5 years.
I’d rather bring my own hi-poly brick eraser, or even better, a hi-poly retractable eraser that is a lot easier to control and keep a fresh, smudge-free surface on.Twist-erase 3 is bae
Agreed, I like both their mechanical pencils and pens, even if visually they are a bit too close.
- If necessary, 2.
2 although 6 is also pretty good from my experience.
Graphgear 1000, without a doubt. Such a great pencil, and I love that it is weighted. It feels so much more natural writing/drawing, at least to me, with the Graphgear.
They’re all wrong. I don’t see a Blackwing up there.
The fact that Rotring, Staedtler, Faber-Castell, 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/math since the 90s.
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Ticonderoga #2, an absolute classic.
# 2 (lol), but only if I can provide my own type of pencil. Runner up gg1k.
Do I get to choose my lead size?
Yes
3 with .9mm lead
- By a country mile
What is it like to hold? I have a few nice mechanical pencils but wouldn’t mind to get something a bit less expensive for when I travel to the office (my everyday is a YOL but I don’t like taking it out… ADHD, outside, and nice things do not mix well).
I have 3 of them, one of which is metal and cost me more than I’d like for a pencil but holy hell is it nice to write with.
- I like the Zebra.Got them at Dollar Tree or one of the Dollar stores.
I am a simple man. I see Ticonderoga, I choose Ticonderoga. I like ships and I cannot lie
A pen.
I used number 5 throughout high school and university and they always served me well. Sometimes I thought about trying the fancier ones with gel grips, but old reliable BIC was always there for me. I trusted the BIC. In a world of uncertainty, the BIC will never let you down (or run around and desert you)
