What Pencil Are You Using Today?

[Misfit]

4 hours ago, essayfaire said:

@Misfit, that's very cool!

Thank you. It’s funny how things work out. I found out information from various sources. A lawsuit was one of the more enlightening sources. That put Allied Laboratories in KC. 

[Misfit]

Hey! This thread has reached 💯 pages!  Cool. 

[RJS]

On 9/9/2022 at 1:59 AM, ParramattaPaul said:

I may be wrong, but I believe some, if not most, wooden pencils are made with 'composite' or 'engineered' wood made from sawdust.

That's depressing! When did the change occur, do you know? The only pencils I bought for myself for years were high end models, with these recent mid range pencils intended for my nieces.

[ParramattaPaul]

53 minutes ago, RJS said:

That's depressing! When did the change occur, do you know? The only pencils I bought for myself for years were high end models, with these recent mid range pencils intended for my nieces.

I don't know when, but I suspect it may have been shortly after they began making composite or engineered wood from -- and recycling -- what was otherwise wood waste for use in the building industry.

[Doug C]

Franklin Christoph Artium.

[PPPR]

AW Faber Castell 9000 in 6H

[1nkulus]

Staedtler 925 2.0 w/ 2B

[a m a r g o]

Caran d'Ache Fixpencil 3mm with 6B lead...

[Misfit]

One I found when looking for something else on my Dad’s desk. I’m using a Pentel  Twist-Erase with 0.9 lead. I knew he bought cheaper mechanical pencils, several to a package. I don’t remember this one. It’s dark blue. I figure he’d want me to use things like this. He died just over a year ago in August. I miss him so much. Using things he used keeps me connected. 

[Catpaws]

That's lovely @Misfit. I use some of my Grandmother's stuff in the kitchen. I have a mechanical pencil from a relative we called Aunt Robert but I think she was more of a cousin. It's very nice to have and use objects that keep us connected.

[Doug C]

A big FAT E & M.

[Misfit]

On 9/22/2022 at 11:00 AM, Catpaws said:

That's lovely @Misfit. I use some of my Grandmother's stuff in the kitchen. I have a mechanical pencil from a relative we called Aunt Robert but I think she was more of a cousin. It's very nice to have and use objects that keep us connected.

Thank you for your words. By the way I ordered yet another Uni Style Fit multi pen as a gift from myself for my birthday  in a couple days. 

[Catpaws]

@MisfitHappy Birthday! I still have to look at those Unis. 

I have a Uni Advance pencil with some nice 2B lead. Very comfortable!

[Misfit]

Thank you. It’s today!

[jonveley]

I have a lot of fun creating new designs - the moment I finished this one it became my EDC… the Legendary Pencil Co. Model 228 Fairchild (paneled, at right) next to a round Model 128 Fairchild.

[Le Vieux]

A Pelikan 200 (Auch), smoked quartz celluloid, blue 1.18 lead. Going vintage these days...

[Rosendust]

I am using my Kuru Toga! I absolutely adore that little thing

[ParramattaPaul]

Derwent Precision 0.7mm

[PPPR]

For the last few days I've been using a Wahl-Eversharp silver plated No. 20SW. It's a ring top, missing the rings and all beat up. It was rescued from near destruction and has a special place as a survivor.

[essayfaire]

12 hours ago, PPPR said:

For the last few days I've been using a Wahl-Eversharp silver plated No. 20SW. It's a ring top, missing the rings and all beat up. It was rescued from near destruction and has a special place as a survivor.

It looks like a nail(flattop) but I am sure does not write like one!