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I recently was blessed with a treasure trove of drafting materials, leads, erasers, etc. I've ordered a holder, but it hasn't arrived yet.

I also have several colored pencils from the dollar store. Four  2mm pencils with sharpener included.

Most of my leads should work with the holders (they do, I just checked!)

They're called Color Point pencils by inc.

How cool is that!!

 

Doug

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Neat!

 

Free stuff! :)  my favourite kind!


 

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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You can find a $1 4-pack of color point 2mm lead holders at DollarTree with colored leads. I bought a bunch and put HB lead in them and gave them to my co-workers. I don't generally  like incremental advance lead holders, but for the price, they're amazing. And the sharpener in the end is really quite good.

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50 minutes ago, flatline said:

You can find a $1 4-pack of color point 2mm lead holders at DollarTree with colored leads. I bought a bunch and put HB lead in them and gave them to my co-workers. I don't generally  like incremental advance lead holders, but for the price, they're amazing. And the sharpener in the end is really quite good.

hmm... I wonder if Canadian DollarTree has those... 

 

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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Try them and check their hardness grade. If they are H or HB maybe you would not like them so much, or if, for some other reason, you don't love them, I can say that:

 

I like using Staedtler Mars 3B/4B leads because they are smooth and buttery specially for writing. Not cheap, but one pack of 12 would last for me at least 10 years. Maybe more. The fact is: if drawing is your job, you take money for each draw so spending 10 bucks is not a problem if you use all the leads in a week (impossible however), while if drawing is not your job (like me) a 12 pack would last so long that the price is irrilevant comparing it to some fuel for the car that you can use in a single day. So I prefer to buy high quality ones, once. Lead is for a pencil the equivalent for the ink in a pen.

 

So if you don't like the leads you have at home, you will find easily a way to enjoy your new lead holder and have fun with it.

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Drafting tools are great, designed well and very functional. 

 

If you are looking for more options for affordable 2mm lead holders, I would recommend the Zebra Zensations 2mm pencil (click to advance but no sharpener). Zebra also has a 2mm colored pencil version with matching barrel called Cadoozles. The barrel is a triangular grip so you may or may not like that. They're great for children and adults alike.

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Would leads be something that could be listed in the classifieds (if they get it fixed)?

I have a lot of them.

The last time I tried setting up a pif, it didn't work. Maybe I did it wrong somehow.

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1 hour ago, Zookie said:

Would leads be something that could be listed in the classifieds (if they get it fixed)?

I have a lot of them.

The last time I tried setting up a pif, it didn't work. Maybe I did it wrong somehow.

I will message you separately about the leads. I am interested in buying some depending on the hardness and the price.

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