I’ve never touched a mechanical pencil that didn’t suck. 7 is awful, I don’t understand what people like about it. The only choice on this is 2.
3 Kuru Toga
The fact that Rotring, Staedtler, Faber-Castell, and K&E mechanical pencils are missing is deeply troubling.
I also have an emotional thing for the Pentel P200 series, and the Pentel Techniclick in black has been my absolute personal favourite for light-duty scribbling and note-taking/math since the 90s.
3 Kuru Toga. Every time
I’m a pen/pencil freak who’s spent an amazing amount of money on them, and I’d choose 2.
I’d rather fucking kill myself.
7th one
I have a fondness for #7
Dr. Grip. I love the “shake to advance” thing and the huge, squishy grip.
I do all my art with 5.
This is the real personality tests, fuck Myers-Briggs and astrology. I need to know your choices for stationary.
Staedtler 35-05B but I guess 3 looks closest so I’ll take that
6
Definitely 2. Sharpening is such a nice break from writing.
I would suggest that the Dixon Ticonderoga is the most reliable, most cost-efficient, and easiest-to-use writing utinsil in the history of humanity.*
Each other option has more points of potential failure and additional complexities over the Ticonderoga. While more complicated tools may net you some improvement in writing style or sharpness, they are massive trade-offs in more basic areas.
This would be much the same question if it were “what car would you drive for the rest of your life” between fancy ones like Ferraris and Lambos to cheaper, more reliable ones like Corollas and Civics. Everyone likes the look of the Ferrari – but the only car for the rest of your life? It’s got to be reliable, or you’re going nowhere. You want to be able to keep driving.
The Ticonderoga guarantees you can keep writing.
*intentionally overselling it for humor. But it is a nice, simple, good-quality pencil.
