[split] Mechanical Pencils and High Quality Lead

[johnb]

(10-09-2024 10:49 AM)Maximilian Hohmann Wrote:  

(10-07-2024 09:16 PM)johnb Wrote:  My 2nd favorite is a Uni Kuru Toga Advance/Upgrade, with the W-speed engine that turns the lead for you!

Out of curiosity I recently also bought one of these. But honestly, I don't notice any difference compared to non-rotating pencils.

I bet you are drawing or writing things that use long strokes. The mechanism relies upon you lifting the tip of the lead off the page and putting it down again. So it's good for drafting-style block lettering (i.e. all my writing, LOL), or math notation, or diagrams with a lot of short lines. For cursive, I don't think I'd see a difference at all!

Also, the Japanese discovered they needed to make a couple of models with a different engine (the W-speed) that turns the lead twice as fast for Western writers.

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Bob mentioned the Pilot 3005. I've found very little online about this model, and I'm eager to learn more about it. I am on a quest for The Perfect Mechnical Pencil. If I cannot have perfection, then at least I might be able to find the Best in World, LOL.