The latest additions to my mechanical pencils collection are shown above. The
Pentel Side FX mechanical pencils can often be found as carded value 2-packs bundled wih a spare jumbo eraser at most office supplies super stores. The
Graphiti Grip 2 mm leadholder is more a mid-priced luxury type German mechanical pencil that is available through
Levenger. It comes packaged in a sharp-looking zippered tin case along with a unique package of 6 spare 2 mm graphite leads.
Both mechanical pencils work fine as comfortable sketching tools, but the
Graphiti Grip feels a lot heavier and more substantial. Its wide comfortably wide cherry wood grip and heft of its brass metal barrel allow great control in effortlessly creating marks of varying line weight while sketching. Its design certainly make it one of the most elegant 2 mm leadholders in my collection.
The
Sakura Sumo Grip has a similar barrel width size and also features a twist advance jumbo eraser, but unlike the
Side FX its metal sleeve is retractable making it safe to haul around in your pocket without the fear of sticking yourself with the painful metal tip.
The
Pentel Side FX mechanical pencils are available in
blue and
gray and come in 0.5 mm and 0.7 mm lead diameters. Its built-in pocket clip and hexagonal profile prevent it from rolling off inclined drafting tables. From the
Pentel website: "
The side advance automatic pencil with dial-up convenience. Turn dial left to advance eraser, right to retract. Jumbo eraser is larger than all ordinary pencil erasers. Convenient side button advances lead without changing hand position for continuous writing. Large barrel with no-slip latex-free grip offers greater writing comfort". While available at most office supplies super stores as writing instruments, they also work well as inexpensive sketching tools with the only drawback that the metal lead sleeve is not retractable thus rendering it not pocket safe.
The latest additions to my mechanical pencils collection are shown above. The Pentel Side FX mechanical pencils can often be found as carded value 2-packs bundled wih a spare jumbo eraser at most office supplies super stores. The Graphiti Grip 2 mm leadholder is more a mid-priced luxury type German mechanical pencil that is available through Levenger. It comes packaged in a sharp-looking zippered tin case along with a unique package of 6 spare 2 mm graphite leads.
Both mechanical pencils work fine as comfortable sketching tools, but the Graphiti Grip feels a lot heavier and more substantial. Its wide comfortably wide cherry wood grip and heft of its brass metal barrel allow great control in effortlessly creating marks of varying line weight while sketching. Its design certainly make it one of the most elegant 2 mm leadholders in my collection.
The Sakura Sumo Grip has a similar barrel width size and also features a twist advance jumbo eraser, but unlike the Side FX its metal sleeve is retractable making it safe to haul around in your pocket without the fear of sticking yourself with the painful metal tip.
The Pentel Side FX mechanical pencils are available in blue and gray and come in 0.5 mm and 0.7 mm lead diameters. Its built-in pocket clip and hexagonal profile prevent it from rolling off inclined drafting tables. From the Pentel website: "The side advance automatic pencil with dial-up convenience. Turn dial left to advance eraser, right to retract. Jumbo eraser is larger than all ordinary pencil erasers. Convenient side button advances lead without changing hand position for continuous writing. Large barrel with no-slip latex-free grip offers greater writing comfort". While available at most office supplies super stores as writing instruments, they also work well as inexpensive sketching tools with the only drawback that the metal lead sleeve is not retractable thus rendering it not pocket safe.
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2 comments:
They seem like good pencils :)The Graphiti looks neat!
You can read my review of the Pentel Side FX in my new blog, The Critical Scribe.
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