If I'm only allowed one type of pencil it's good old #2 (I'm more of a pen snob)
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I got a Pentel with a tip like #3, so if #1 had the #3 tip I'd absolutely say #1.
My 0.7mm Pentel pencil has been the best pencil/mechanical pencil I have ever used, for the most part. It was definitely overpriced, like everything at a college bookstore, but it's been such an amazing pencil. Only problem is that I can't have it loose in the pockets of my spring jackets or it will try to poke through the cheap fabric.
Edit:
I have used 2, 5, and 7 (alongside ones of basically same design but different brand) as well, so I have no idea how good the others are.
7 all the way. Though a nice metal mechanical pencil does sound nice.
I am a simple man. I see Ticonderoga, I choose Ticonderoga. I like ships and I cannot lie
5 all day every day.... .5mm would be more betta though
I've got to try #1
Just gimme the damn wood pencil, #2
If I am somehow without my 0.9mm Graphgear 500 then I would have to go with 1.
Honorable mention: at one of my D&D sessions they had non-mechanical D&D pencils where each side had a number, effectively turning it into a d6.
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Five. Tired but true.
I used number 5 throughout high school and university and they always served me well. Sometimes I thought about trying the fancier ones with gel grips, but old reliable BIC was always there for me. I trusted the BIC. In a world of uncertainty, the BIC will never let you down (or run around and desert you)
Dr. Grip. I love the "shake to advance" thing and the huge, squishy grip.
Zebra M-402, which I've used exclusively for at least 20 years. (The same one.)
Followed closely by the Ticonderoga.
- Always and forever.
Option 0: Keyboard.
I cant write for shit, generally hurts my hand for anything beyond a short note.
If i don't have access to a keyboard something has gone catastrophically wrong in the world and I've likely got bigger problems.
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I have been using 3 for the last 6 or so years. I also like 1 and 4. Can't go wrong with 2.
- I like the Zebra.Got them at Dollar Tree or one of the Dollar stores.
Not sure I've ever seen #5 with the clip still intact.
Mine always stays intact. Until i let literally anyone borrow it. The worst is when you get it back and instead of being totally snapped off, it's just bent up to a 90⁰ angle, and then you have to snap it off yourself because you can never get it to lie flat again after that. That's why I would always keep a spare with the clip already fucked up in my bag when someone inevitably asked to borrow a pencil.
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#3 for me. Keeps my handwriting just a little bit more legible.
#4 doesn't work for my writing style it seems. I end up wearing large flats on the lead anyways.
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I usually write in pen, only reason I'd use pencil is if I know I need to erase.
So... #5 I think. Simple, reliable, easily replaced.
- Mechanical pencil lead scratching on paper makes my ears tingle
(ingoring the diameter)
Apparently!
You can pry my Twist-Erase from my cold dead arthritic hands.
#1 got me through college
5