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Just wondering, for those times you have to use a pencil instead of your favorite FP, what do you use? I tend to stay away from pencils that have matching pens. My two current favorites are the Pentel Sharp Kerry and Pilot "Vanishing Point" lead holder.

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I use a Rotring 600 - It's incredibly solid feeling and has a nice, retractable tip.

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I have a couple dozen pencils that match some of my pens, but the one I've got in my pocket today doesn't match any other writing instrument I own. The first person who can identify this pencil without cheating will win the inestimable satisfaction of having beaten out the competition. :)

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/triad_pencil.jpg

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Am I wrong or does it look triangular? The only triangular pen I know is the Omas, so I guess Omas, though I am most likely wrong.

Cheers.

 

It's cold outside, I should get more pens.

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I like the Pentel e-clic in 0.5mm, especially since Sanrio makes cute designs of this pencil.

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I usually use a mechanical pencil when doing Sudoku. I like the fine .5mm leads the best. I have a Pentel one that has the click mechanism on the side just about where my thumb sits. It is probably the cheapest on I have but I like it the best. It is an older model than the one on the shelves now and I don't like the position of the new clicker. I also have a Rotring 600 (Newton for those in the UK) but it is .7mm so I am sticking with the thinner lead. I probably have as many mechanical pencils as I have pens. Leftovers from college when I would work problems out in pencil. Also the older scantrons that needed lead. I think the newer ones can pick up pen as well as lead. You just need to make sure you don't need to make a change.

Best use of a pen:

 

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Love Pentel Kerry - reallly cool and convenient capping features-the best

 

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Some pencils in the picture:

2. MB Boheme 0.9mm

3. Namiki Impressions 0.5. blue sapphhire celluloid

4. MB Le Grande 0.7mm (not in photo)

5. Sheaffer (don't know the model) 0.7mm

 

still looking for a MB Mozart, Duofold Orange SE, and maybe Pelikan Athens MP

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Just wondering, for those times you have to use a pencil instead of your favorite FP, what do you use? I tend to stay away from pencils that have matching pens. My two current favorites are the Pentel Sharp Kerry and Pilot "Vanishing Point" lead holder.

I use a kerry 0.5mm and a Rotring 600 0.35mm at work.

 

 

Kurt H

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I have been using G2 0.7s for crosswords and sudoku in the newspaper. I used to use Zebra 0.5s for school notes because I could wrote so small. I am thinking or going even larger to deal with the low quality of newsprint paper. Always with white polymer erasers, I am an eraser snob.

Cheers.

 

It's cold outside, I should get more pens.

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Of the ones that match my pens, I like the Parker 45 and 51 MPs, because they use the thicker 0.9 mm lead that doesn't break as easily as the 0.5 mm leads on the newer MPs.

 

My favorites that don't match my pens are the 1920s-vintage Wahl-Eversharps and the old Scriptos that both use 1.1 mm lead. Lasts longer and absolutely does not break.

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I use a Pentel Twist-Erase 0.9mm. Comfy grip, lots of eraser right in the pencil, a lead width that forces better handwriting, and a lead width that doesn't break. Now, if only the marks from mechanical leads didn't smear!

 

I'm going to try the new liquid lead pencils discussed elsewhere.

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I have a couple dozen pencils that match some of my pens, but the one I've got in my pocket today doesn't match any other writing instrument I own. The first person who can identify this pencil without cheating will win the inestimable satisfaction of having beaten out the competition. :)

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/triad_pencil.jpg

The top looks like a Wearever?

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I generally use the ones I make...

Here is my Tiki Acrylic.... kind of looks like a Tiki mask on the top cap... .7mm Schmidt mechanism

http://www.penturners.org/forum/albums/Old%20Griz/PFTiki.jpg

 

My daughter likes these two I made for her... both .7mm leads

Cocobolo on the left with a click type mechanism

http://www.penturners.org/forum/uploads/old%20griz/2005619213911_PencilOnePiece.jpg

Redwood Burl... short and kind of squat and also uses a Schmidt menchanism

http://www.penturners.org/forum/uploads/old%20griz/2005318173715_Atlas.jpg

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Wow, this is mind boggling, where did you learn to turn pencils and maybe pens ?

I started woodturning in HS all those many many many years ago... have been in love with the hobby ever since...

When I became disabled I needed something to keep me sane and went back to woodturning... it is something I can do without a lot of physical effort... when I get tired I turn off the lathe and sit down..

 

I found penturning to be a fun and eventually profitable hobby... it took quite some time to create pens and pencils that I considered good enough to sell... there are a load of them in the house and shop that I have forbidden my wife to show to anyone... :bonk: :bonk:

There are some good books on the subject, but the only way to really learn is to either find someone to teach you (I had no one) and to get out into the shop and ruin a load of wood developing your craft...

Take a look at my website My Favorite Pen and you will see two slide shows of some of my work... the site is still in development, but some examples of my work are there...

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OldGriz,

Those pencils are fantastic! I checked out your website, and I especially like the Thuya Burl.

 

My favorite pencil to use is a Parker Vacumatic Major silver stripe pencil with a twist mechanism. It's an eyecatcher, and it pairs well with my silver striped Vacumatic Major fountain pen.

 

Edward T.

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-Blaise Pascal

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Danosaurus, there are quite a few beautiful pencils on the market, but technically, the Pentel Kerry 0.5 is the best mechanical pencil I’ve ever had. I would recommend it if you wouldn’t have one!

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