Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, As a pro pencil user (CPA) I strongly suggest you go with .7mm. .5mm folds under pressure, and you definitely don't want that at a critical time :). I bought a set of three Papermate .7mm pencils (each filled with HD "Mega-lead") for $7 at Staples two weeks ago. I have now lost all but one. Same thing with pens. Fortunately, most all the time now my signature is digital. Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 6:11 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] And so it begins... now pens! > > 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 StaplesR across the street from where I live on the upper > west side in the Drafting supplies aisle. > StaedtlerR MarsR 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information