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Mechanical Pencil
Hello all,
I'm trying to find a mechanical pencil to replace my old staedtler technical that died. Turns out they don't make one like that anymore. So I need alternatives. So far I've found Faber Castell TK Vario, Koh-I-Noor Rapidomatic and a bunch of Staedtlers I'm not sure I like. Keep in mind I'm looking more for a lower cost technical/writing mech. pencil and not a Pelikan or Waterman mech. pencil. But not lower cost as in $2 disposables.....$15-25 USD would be the range. Cheers! HK |
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Henry wrote:
I'm trying to find a mechanical pencil to replace my old staedtler technical Keep in mind I'm looking more for a lower cost technical/writing mech. pencil You can't beat the dependable Rotring mechanical pencils, but they cost a little more. And they're worth it. |
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"Nancy Handy" wrote in message .. . Henry wrote: I'm trying to find a mechanical pencil to replace my old staedtler technical Keep in mind I'm looking more for a lower cost technical/writing mech. pencil You can't beat the dependable Rotring mechanical pencils, but they cost a little more. And they're worth it. I started using the Staedtler lead holder for drafting, with a Helix sharpener. It feels so much sturdier than the .5 or .7 leads that snap off too easily. It feels good in my hand too. M. |
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On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 22:49:25 -0500, "Henry"
wrote: Hello all, I'm trying to find a mechanical pencil to replace my old staedtler technical that died. Turns out they don't make one like that anymore. So I need alternatives. So far I've found Faber Castell TK Vario, Koh-I-Noor Rapidomatic and a bunch of Staedtlers I'm not sure I like. Is the 770 (staedtler, has a retractable fixed sleeve) still available? Otherwise Pilot has a decent .5mm Koh-I-Noor fixed sleeve is good if you can find them. Mine are from the 1980-82 range. Most of the new 'technical' pens have gone all plastic, prefer the metal radial grooved ones myself. What size are you looking for .3,.5, .7, .9? Or Lead holder 2mm |
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Hey thanks for all the replies. I was originally looking for 0.7mm. The only
Staedtler that resembled my old one was the Marsmicro 775....so I picked that one up but just wasn't the same. Then I had this weird idea to buy some wood pencils. So went out and got me some Faber Castell 9000.....I forgot how pencils wrote and how light they were. I liked it, nostalgic wise and feature wise, so I went out and bought a box of FC 9000 HB and we'll see how my pencil venture takes me. Cheers! HK wrote in message ... On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 22:49:25 -0500, "Henry" wrote: Hello all, I'm trying to find a mechanical pencil to replace my old staedtler technical that died. Turns out they don't make one like that anymore. So I need alternatives. So far I've found Faber Castell TK Vario, Koh-I-Noor Rapidomatic and a bunch of Staedtlers I'm not sure I like. Is the 770 (staedtler, has a retractable fixed sleeve) still available? Otherwise Pilot has a decent .5mm Koh-I-Noor fixed sleeve is good if you can find them. Mine are from the 1980-82 range. Most of the new 'technical' pens have gone all plastic, prefer the metal radial grooved ones myself. What size are you looking for .3,.5, .7, .9? Or Lead holder 2mm |
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"Henry" wrote in message ... Hello all, I'm trying to find a mechanical pencil to replace my old staedtler technical that died. Turns out they don't make one like that anymore. So I need alternatives. So far I've found Faber Castell TK Vario, Koh-I-Noor Rapidomatic and a bunch of Staedtlers I'm not sure I like. Keep in mind I'm looking more for a lower cost technical/writing mech. pencil and not a Pelikan or Waterman mech. pencil. But not lower cost as in $2 disposables.....$15-25 USD would be the range. Cheers! HK My favorite is Pentel's Sensi-Grip automatic drafting pencil model nos. A313/315/317/319 - the last digit indicates the lead size: .03/.05/.07/.09 mm. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 16:53:04 -0500, "Henry"
wrote: Then I had this weird idea to buy some wood pencils. I'm a pencil freak. Faber Castell and Staedtler are good, but Derwent are still the best (for 2B and similar grades) -- Smert' spamionam |
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To follow up, since this isn't like paying for a new Pelikan fountain pen, I
decided to buy all the 16 grades available from Faber Castell's 9000 series as a tiny collection of wood pencils. HK "Andy Dingley" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 16:53:04 -0500, "Henry" wrote: Then I had this weird idea to buy some wood pencils. I'm a pencil freak. Faber Castell and Staedtler are good, but Derwent are still the best (for 2B and similar grades) -- Smert' spamionam |
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"Henry" wrote in message ...
To follow up, since this isn't like paying for a new Pelikan fountain pen, I decided to buy all the 16 grades available from Faber Castell's 9000 series as a tiny collection of wood pencils. HK I love faber Castell E-Motion . The leads are 1'4mm. I also like the grip plus by faber castell (0'7mm leads), they have a large retractable rubber (sorry I couldn't resist ñ_ñ)... eraser Juan "Andy Dingley" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 16:53:04 -0500, "Henry" wrote: Then I had this weird idea to buy some wood pencils. I'm a pencil freak. Faber Castell and Staedtler are good, but Derwent are still the best (for 2B and similar grades) -- Smert' spamionam |
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