Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Coincidently because I have just joined a choir in Brooklyn (I am a second bass we are doing the Poulenc "Gloria") I have gotten into mechanical pencils just this month. Last 30 days.... You have to bring a pencil to rehearsal. A mechanical works out better as you arrive you have a point. And its not imbedded in your thigh. Whereupon you gotta get the lead out. So first I bought a bag of 9 cheap mechanical pencils which cost less than a baggie of 9 real pencils I was amazed to find. They look just like real wood pencils. But they twist. They I discovered the little ones with the rubber tips all different colors I got those. I am a big fan of very short ballpoint pens which fit in my pockets and come in 31 flavors. Same company. Then I spent 5 or more bucks on a Pentel P205 with a .5mm lead. http://davesmechanicalpencils.blogspot.com/2006/05/pentel-sharp-p205-mechani cal-pencil.html http://www.myop.com.au/img/productImages/pentel/p205.jpg Which gets called a drafting pencil. But I noticed at Staples? across the street from where I live on the upper west side in the Drafting supplies aisle. Staedtler? Mars? Draft Technical Pencil Set For $12.99 And you'd figure a thing like that would cost at least 13 bucks so I'm rushing over there first thing Monday morning. Set includes both .5mm and .7mm leads 3-piece precision brass clutch and pocket clip Wide-profile barrel with rubber grip But I saw something for 20 25 bucks but I'm not finding on the internet. Mark William Rabiner