My Little Secret...

[TheDutchGuy]

...please don’t tell anyone...

 

 

On the rare occasions where I don’t use a FP, it will be a mechanical pencil. And of all the MP’s I’ve tried over the years, all the pretty, expensive ones have been so-so whereas this ugly little thing (a Bic Velocity pencil #2) never disappoints. The wider, rubber section coupled to a thin barrel is something that my hand really, really likes.

 

Now, the totally over-the-top, overkill version of this little plastic Bic Is, of course...

 

 

I’m a sucker for brass, and the brass couple to the rubber grip... I bought this mean machine about one second after first seeing it. I really, really, really wish that Kaweco would make a thinner version that accepts regular 0.7 to 1.0 mm pencil widths.

 

As far as writing goes, the joys of a nice MP (to me) are that it takes paper out of the equation, the wonderful feel of the graphite as it moves across the paper and the playfulness that creeps into my writing because the tip of the graphite gradually wears away.

 

 

[tim77]

Is that a Kaweco Sketchup? I don't recognise the grip or clip though... are those also made by Kaweco?

[Astronymus]

It's a "Sketchup Grip".

 

It's their "modern" clip. You may only know the nostalgic clip.

 

Picture from Jetpens

Edited April 5, 2020 by Astron

[TheDutchGuy]

Is that a Kaweco Sketchup?

 

Yes, it is.

[tim77]

Nice. Hadn't seen that model before. I have an ordinary brass Sketchup and it's great. Do you know of any leads other than Kaweco's 5B that fit? Koh-i-Noor 5.6mm leads are too fat.

[TheDutchGuy]

Do you know of any leads other than Kaweco's 5B that fit?

 

No, but to be honest I never looked for anything else.