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[Poll] Mechanical Pencils

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kdog3683
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States916 Posts
June 22 2009 06:48 GMT
#1
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Poll: What's your favorite type of lead?
(Vote): .3mm
(Vote): .5mm
(Vote): .7mm
(Vote): .9mm
(Vote): 1.1mm

Personally, I like .7 the best because it doesn't smear and is very smooth for notetaking.


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Atrioc
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States1865 Posts
June 22 2009 06:53 GMT
#2
Fuck that mechanical shit.
I'm not a robot and I want my pencil to be all natural.

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Writerman what
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
June 22 2009 06:58 GMT
#3
+1 Atrioc

Mirado Black Warrior FTW!
Jayme
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States5866 Posts
June 22 2009 06:58 GMT
#4
Have fun sharpening your pencils all the time natural fools.

7mm or bust. 5mm likes to break when the wind blows too hard -.-
Python is garbage, number 1 advocate of getting rid of it.
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
June 22 2009 06:58 GMT
#5
Back when I used mechanicals I always used .5mm though, and I liked it fine.
LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10828 Posts
June 22 2009 06:59 GMT
#6
.5 but ever since i got to college the only writing utensils i use are pens
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Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
June 22 2009 07:00 GMT
#7
^^I can't use pens for anything that uses calculations.
Durak
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada3684 Posts
June 22 2009 07:07 GMT
#8
Only people with no dexterity use .7. "It breaks too easily."
Avidkeystamper
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States8552 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-22 07:08:52
June 22 2009 07:08 GMT
#9
These things are the best I swear:
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Especially the triangular ones.
Jaedong
jhNz
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Germany2762 Posts
June 22 2009 07:08 GMT
#10
.7 all the way!
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Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
June 22 2009 07:21 GMT
#11
.5 HH or H
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selboN
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2523 Posts
June 22 2009 07:23 GMT
#12
.7 ftw
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OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
June 22 2009 07:25 GMT
#13
0.7 fo life
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
June 22 2009 07:37 GMT
#14
when i have mechanical pencils i always buy .3 because they write so neatly.
U Gotta Skate.
FirstBorn
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Romania3955 Posts
June 22 2009 07:43 GMT
#15
I used to have a 0.5 mechanical pencil but I have more of a caveman writing style and the leads kept breaking. So I'm using a 0.7 pen now and I'm pleased with it.

One thing I never liked about pencils is the fact that I need to sharpen them every 3-4 minutes.
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vlaric
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States412 Posts
June 22 2009 07:50 GMT
#16
0.5 breaks too easily for me. I prefer 0.7.
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Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
June 22 2009 08:01 GMT
#17
I use real pencils only. I hate writing with mechanical pencils. The lead blows.
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17726 Posts
June 22 2009 08:02 GMT
#18
0.5 for me
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Kentor *
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5784 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-22 08:20:41
June 22 2009 08:19 GMT
#19
LOL TABLET PC

i always liked 0.5. i like the fineness, the crispness
Latham
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
9560 Posts
June 22 2009 10:02 GMT
#20
I mostly use 0.5 when writing but 0.3 are OK too. 0.3 are great for drawing graphs and mechanical stuff.
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ambit!ous1
Profile Joined September 2007
United States3662 Posts
June 22 2009 12:11 GMT
#21
i only use .7
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Musoeun
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States4324 Posts
June 22 2009 12:18 GMT
#22
I've always written really really small (according to my friends; it looks perfectly natural to me). 0.7 is too big to suit that, so I prefer 0.5. That said, I'm somewhat indiscriminate in my writing utensils, and will use pens/pencils/mechanical pencils interchangeably. My favorites are a red papermate comfortmate (rubberized triangular barrel (the cheap kind)) or a good 0.5 mm mechanical. Though a "real" pencil has a certain charm.

My least favorite is "please use capital letters, blue or black ink only".
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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66161 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-22 12:28:11
June 22 2009 12:27 GMT
#23
The last time I've used a pencil was a year ago, used 0.5 most back then.

Using pen nowadays, since I've entered high school
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CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
June 22 2009 12:36 GMT
#24
Only thing I ever use a pencil for is to draw, go with the wood version.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
ThaddeusK
Profile Joined July 2008
United States231 Posts
June 22 2009 13:13 GMT
#25
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.7mm :D
HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
June 22 2009 13:27 GMT
#26
to be honest i rarely write with pencil anymore
either pen or type
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minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-22 13:29:35
June 22 2009 13:28 GMT
#27
clumsy fools

I use 0.5 and 0.3, they're so awesome and smooth.

0.7 is just feels like a club now, learn some finesse^^
Not_Computer
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada2277 Posts
June 22 2009 14:44 GMT
#28
I like 0.5
but use 0.7
I don't buy stationery often and most of mine are 0.7 for some reason
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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66161 Posts
June 22 2009 16:46 GMT
#29
0.7 seems way too thick when you write... but maybe it's different on a pencil (I tried writing with 0.7 pen, it seems way too bolded)
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skronch
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2717 Posts
June 22 2009 18:00 GMT
#30
0.5 for the win. i think its because there are so many asians here
Megalisk
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States6095 Posts
June 22 2009 18:03 GMT
#31
I refuse to use any type of pencil anymore, unless I totally have to..Calculus in pen ftw!
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Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-22 18:13:59
June 22 2009 18:13 GMT
#32
On June 22 2009 22:28 minus_human wrote:
clumsy fools

I use 0.5 and 0.3, they're so awesome and smooth.

0.7 is just feels like a club now, learn some finesse^^

Yeah that's what she said.
clazziquai
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
6685 Posts
June 22 2009 18:18 GMT
#33
0.7 because I feel like it's stronger than 0.5 lol
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VIB
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Brazil3567 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-22 18:30:06
June 22 2009 18:26 GMT
#34
Why isn't 1.6 on the list? I use that since ~15'ish years ago ^^ It's billion times better for my style of drawing. I mean, that's what we all do during most of the classes anyway, right?

edit: wooow wtf... as soon as I hit post I just remembered what my dream today was. Today I actually dreamed that I was using a pencil, the tip was broken and I was trying to do (whatever the name in english is of that thingy that fixes the tip by screwing it), but the tip would always break over and over again. Such a nightmare ><
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gchan
Profile Joined October 2007
United States654 Posts
June 22 2009 20:04 GMT
#35
Real men use pens...and never make mistakes.
Musoeun
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States4324 Posts
June 23 2009 02:32 GMT
#36
On June 23 2009 03:26 VIB wrote:
edit: wooow wtf... as soon as I hit post I just remembered what my dream today was. Today I actually dreamed that I was using a pencil, the tip was broken and I was trying to do (whatever the name in english is of that thingy that fixes the tip by screwing it), but the tip would always break over and over again. Such a nightmare ><


You mean sharpening the pencil, I assume?

(Although I'm trying really hard here not to think of other meanings for "fixing the tip by screwing it".)
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pinenamu
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States770 Posts
June 23 2009 04:28 GMT
#37
0.7, i suck at using 0.5 haha

also 0.7 comes in blue!
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
June 23 2009 07:47 GMT
#38
.7 baby
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evanthebouncy!
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States12796 Posts
June 23 2009 07:49 GMT
#39
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Ebony
Jet Black
Extra Smooth

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kefkalives
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Australia1272 Posts
June 23 2009 07:56 GMT
#40
pencils of any sort are for pussies.

I only write on my Newton

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maga33
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States247 Posts
June 24 2009 00:17 GMT
#41
.5 blue for light guide lines then .5 2b for doing most of the picture finally .5 2h for finishing :D
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