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

You missed an option.

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.

#2

We’ve taken way too many things that don’t need to be plastic and made them plastic

2

Number 2 is the only one that can write effectively on wood. I may not build a lot, but when I have tried to use a mechanical pencil for marking wood, it was a total fail.

METAL KURU TOGA MY GOAT 👑 👑 👑 🐐 🐐 🐐 🔥🔥🔥

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.

2

I'd rather fucking kill myself.

7th one

I have a fondness for #7

5 may not be pretty, but it's had my back in some hard times.

#2

2

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.

6

Staedtler 35-05B but I guess 3 looks closest so I'll take that

If you choose #2 you'll eventually not be able to write anything ever again because you can't just add more lead.

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.

#9 : Steadler 925 35-05b. It's my first nice mechanical pencil and it's just so nice to use.

The graphgear 1000 seems great too, I've never tried one tho.

Ticonderoga #2, an absolute classic.

Anyone who uses #7 by choice is a freak

If I'm only allowed one type of pencil it's good old #2 (I'm more of a pen snob)

Pentel.

Always.

I prefer the p20x series personally but just about every mech pencil I've ever used from them has been excellent

Who writes with a pencil? Drawing.... Okay... But writing is what fountain pens are for.

Wtf is this shit? No Rotring. No Alvin. No Koh-i-Noor. I guess I have to take the GraphGear, but it's under duress.

# 2 (lol), but only if I can provide my own type of pencil. Runner up gg1k.

Props for #2 being a #2, but of these I usually go for 6. My personal favorite though is Pentel twist erase.

Though all the kuru toga enthusiasts here have convinced me to give them a try.

I also buy 5s in bulk, those shitty bic pencils are the "little brother" option when my D&D players forget their own writing instruments.

Can I just use a pen?

3. it rotates the graphite as you write so your lines are always sharp. it's an absolute game changer and now i can never go back to a standard mechanical pencil