I believe this covers almost every color that has been available, including the new Chocolate Truffle (which is dark red) and Dark Stone (which is dark grey). I’d be interested to know what I am missing.

Been using Staedtlers since I was in high school (the 90s). I've owned dozens of these things and keep coming back to them.

I recently picked up a mono graph, however, and I can sense a rabbit hole of Japanese pencils I'm probably about to dive into.

Hello! As an artist I have a million pens and pencils and mainly stay in the cheap or mid range pencils but my goodness is this smooth and a perfect weight. I already orders a mint one as well. Down the rabbit hole I go! I usually use a tombow mechanical pencil (like monograph) or a pentel sharp or sharp writer but this rOtring 600 is magical! All great pencils though.

My "collection"... the green one was a gift from an artist friend who i casually mentioned i wished i had larger Lead pencils. Its "progessive advance" (clicks out the lead one bit at the time) but it slips back in after a while of use... its very light too, so i didnt get to attached to it like the other "drop clutch" Staedler i daily drive now. The Kuru Toga was bought together with the same friend after i discovered rotating pencils existed last year. ... Tekenologia!...TEKENOLOGIA!

Mines about 150 USD or 22,000 Yen

from left to right:

MONS ORIS Carbon Mechanical Pen

MONS ORIS Paddock Red Rosewood Mechanical Pen

Stilform AEON Limited Hellfire Red pencil ( not a real mechanical pencil but still interesting)
rOtring 600 Mechanical Pencil Chocolate Truffle

Has anyone here seen The Residence, and knows what kind of pencil she uses for her notes and sketches?

Just wanted to share my mechanical pencils and a overall opinion on them, nothing too specific, just to tell what I like on them

In acquisition order: -Uni kurutoga Classic (0.5) The first pencil I had was a common kurutoga, I think it was a good introduction to the writing universe and it really got me into the rabbit hole. It was a solid choice

-Staedtler 925-35 07 I always liked the drafting pencil idea of a sturdy pen that is precise and durable at the same time, looking back I’m pretty sure that it was not the best option considering price, but overall, I recommend it to everyone with a higher budget for drafting pencils

-Uni kurutoga alpha gel Switch (0.5) Hand cramps were always a problem to me, usually I grip too hard on the pencil, but this one really made writing more pleasant, today it is my main writing pencil and it will be hard to somebody take it’s place

-Zebra DelGuard type GR (0.5) Bought with the switch. Good pencil, specially when I need something more precise, math and drawing is good with it, but I do not use it very often

-Rotring 800 (0.5) It might get on my home this week, really looking out to test and write with it. Pretending to use it to use on outside classes and finally have less worries when thinking to drop the Staedtler

-Pentel Orenz Nero (0.3) Bought it today, hope the lead size does not feel strange to me, looking for using it to make math. It’s the kind of product that needs to be tested to make a verdict

Thank you for reading!!

Hey guys! Recently I was wondering how people from around the world might get into writing and stationery hobby, if you guys participate it would be good!

Personally I always liked writing by hand, once I bought a uni kurutoga Classic and never stopped since then. I never had any contact with this kind of hobby (not a very popular thing in Brazil) and I found myself into it, today I only write notes on University by hand and I would never change it for a computer

If you can, please also include your first “good” pencil (by good I mean a pencil that is famous or indicated by the community).

When I saw this mini Pilot mechanical pencil during my trip in Japan, I knew I must take one home. Regular Sharpie for size reference.

This is my baby. The only pencil Im using that fulfills my desires (that ive found locally). Its heavy-ish, slim, the grip is nice and the Lead is fat! Has a little lead sharpening hole on the top cap.

I feel so elegant using it... makes me want to take notes.

I bought one of those rotating led ones too a while back but its 0.5 lead and i dont like writing with that size lead... ill post a pic of that one when i can and another similar to this one but its plastic, ans the lead slips back into the pencil...

I've been an engineer for almost 20 years and have exclusively used the P207 and P209. Several months ago I found this subreddit and just joined for fun.

Well recently I purchased a Rotring 600 (0.7) and I am in shock at how much I love this pencil. I think I'm more in shock that I like it more than my P209.

My concern now is I'm keen to try some other pencils, mostly just out of excitement. Is there anything similar, but possibly better than the Rotring feel?

just curious

i really like this pen and i dont want to buy anything like the lead cleaners i have a paper clip but its too thick

It arrived today and I can’t wait to use it!

I know it is probably from mid-90's to early-2000's (when I already was using real Pentel P200). Any idea from which edition it is? (could be from early 90's, but it's very unlikely...)

The package cointained a set of golden spares and a set of silver spares plus 2 to 4 erasers and a single pencil... the version I got seems to be 0.5, but I'm pretty sure it could have a 0.7 version too.

I bought my first Rotring 800 and some 600 , also some lead holders from AliExpress, and I so some lead really cheap that came with some pencils, they are jompens 2B, I bought in 0.5, 0.7, 0.9 and 2 mm, the 0.5, 0.7 and 2 mm are really soft, I compared it with some pentel ain stain 4b 0.5 and they feel the same for me, just the pentel one broke easily than the jompens. Also I tried the M&G HB leads and compared it with Pentel hi-polymer and I just feel the same, just slightly softer touch in the pentel hi-polymer but for drawing I don't know if I need to buy more of hi-polymer. I draw with charcoal and newsprint but I started to try with mechanical pencils and graphite. Right now I felt in love with the Rotring mechanical pencils and Im thinking on buying the pilot s-20. What are you experiences with different kind of leads?

favs are definitely any of the rotrings

Anyone knows the brand of this pencil and where can I buy it?

Thanks!

And it really isn't much of a collection, but it's probably 3 more drafting pencils than I need.

And that's on top of the ballpoints... and the fountain pens... and the watches... I think I have a problem.

I want to buy a pencil like Retro 51 Tornado, where you advance AND retract lead by twisting. Are there any because I can't seem to be able to find one? The retro has weird lead size and I would like to avoid that if I can. Thanks!

Just got my first mechanical pencil, but the listing didn’t say how much it weighed. I’m looking for something heavier though—any recs for a good weighty mechanical pencil?