Does Anyone Else Write With A Leadholder?

[MX5l]

Just wondering. I believe the 2mm leads that leadholders use are similar in diameter to the woodcase pencils that we're all familiar with, but it doesn't seem like many people use them for writing. I personally quite enjoy writing up drafts with my Rotring 800

Edited May 5, 2014 by MX5l

[Guest Ray Cornett]

I do. But then again I am a graphic designer. I have all those nifty tools I'm a Staedtler lead holder and drawing/drafting pencil guy, though. I still have one I used back in high school in the late 80s and it is still in one piece.

[flatline]

For general writing, I prefer to use fountain pens or drafting pencils, but I do use my lead holders daily for most of my scratch purposes (jotting down phone numbers, timestamps from log files, etc).

 

My Alvin "Tech DA" lead holder can accommodate multi-pen refills, so I keep a ballpoint refill in it along with a short length of lead so that if I need a ballpoint for something, I can just reorder its contents to have the ballpoint first. This is the lead holder that I keep clipped to my collar.

 

I have Steadtler rotary sharpeners at home and at work. I've given up on non-rotary sharpeners.

 

--flatline

[MX5l]

Yeah generally I'd use a fountain pen, but I'm having a lot of fun with lead holders at the moment. I've got a Steadtler 925-25 20 on the way

[inotrym]

I had tried them a few years ago, but always thought they were messy.

The point gets dull easily and those graphite chips the sharpener produces drive me crazy.

Regular wooden pens for some reason seem slightly better, although essentially they are the same thing.

 

 

I don't use a pencil all that often, but whenever I have to, I ALWAYS reach for my Pentel P205.

Seriously, I love this pencil so much, that I feel no need to ever try/buy any other.

[Dillo]

Hi,

 

I also write with lead holders. I often use the 3.15 mm Lamy Scribble now, but I sometimes also use a 2 mm lead holder of some sort. I used to use the Staedtler 782C and 780C, but I have a way of wearing knurled grips smooth, so I switched to an Uchida lead holder with a plastic body that I like a lot better. It doesn't show any signs of wear yet, oddly enough. Now I only use lead holders with plastic grips. It's actually a bit cheaper to use a regular clicky pencil these days than a lead holder owing to the cost of the leads, so I often use a regular clicky pencil now.

 

Dillon

Edited May 5, 2014 by Dillo

[discopig]

I like 2mm lead holders, but I find them a bit awkawrd to write with. They are great for sketching, however.

[aderoy]

Mostly at work, Steadtler 925-25 20, 780c, Caran d'Ache Office each with a different lead hardness. Easy to markup CAD drawings for revision or on outside enclosures - settings etc

[The Blue Knight]

I Brought a Staedtler Mars Technico a month or two ago and I carry it as part of my EDC with a pen fountain pen and 0.7 mechanical Pencil I really and there is something about it I really like and it gets used daily.

[ac12]

Not for a while, but I recently picked up several from various estate sales.

And having like my drafting classes in high school, I like using those over wood pencils.

So I do plan to start using them when I pick up my drawing board and T-square.

 

But for everyday use, the push button 0.5mm mechanical pencils are more convenient...just like a ball pen.

[attika89]

I have a Rotring Rapid Pro and a Staedtler 925-25-20. They are great, but I only have H and HB leads and those are a bit too hard for me...I'm yet to order B or 2B leads...

The Rotring 800 is still on my wishlist!

[kidde]

Mars please. Or a Fugle LeadLok. A hard lead keeps its point for quite awhile, if you don't mind a light line. The dust isn't nearly as bothersome as dust and chips from a wooden pencil. Mechanical pencils are great, but they hold so much lead for a reason. I very rarely break a 2mm lead, while .5's snap at very inopportune times.

BUT... A friend just sent me some Blackwings I'm dying to try. Ticonderoga's work well too. Wooden pencils are far from obsolete.

 

Paul

[flatline]

If you have a single sheet of paper on a hard surface, 2H is plenty dark and keeps its point for a long time.

 

I would not go any harder than that for writing.

 

--flatline

Edited May 5, 2014 by flatline

[MX5l]

I'm using Mitsubishi Uni 2B leads at the moment and yeah the lead does wear out a bit too easily. I have some Faber-Castell F leads on the way though which should be fun to try out

[Mari1013]

For years I used .5 mm mechanical pencils exclusively. Then I rediscovered wooden pencils and use them all the time. (They smell of second grade, don't they?) However, I recently got a 2 mm lead holder and am really enjoying it. Each instrument has its ideal uses.