Pentel Graphgear 1000 mechanische potloodset met stiften gum

The GraphicGear1000 is a superb mechanical pencil, especially for fountain pen users. I write with a fountain pen most of the time because I like a light touch with a firm fine line and the feel of quality workmanship in my writing hand. I load my GraphicGear1000 with Pentel AIN 0.5 4B leads. It writes as smoothly and lightly as a good fountain pen. In addition, the clever clip mechanism withdraws the fragile lead tube when pocketing the device. This has two benefits: those lead tubes tend to get caught in pocket fabric and are easily damaged. Care is still required, as one would expect with any fine instrument, but this pencil is more robust than most.

Love this Mechanical Pencil. The lead never broke when tracing a design and pressing down hard. The pen is weighty and feels good in your hand. I'm very pleased.

I've bought 3 of these so far on separate occasions (all the 0.9 mm yellow version). One was a gift for my 10 yo son, who kept borrowing mine, and won't write with anything else now.

I love how this pencil feels in my hand and while writing. It is very well engineered, nicely balanced, and has a smooth mechanism. The auto-retracting mechanism when you clip in on you pocket is a nice touch. All around great design. I've only purchased the yellow one (0.9mm, HB lead) because I planned on mostly using it for marking wood for my woodworking projects and so needed the stronger/thicker lead, but I find myself writing with it all the time. It's just that pleasant to use.

Perfectly weighted pencil, works wonderful and writes smooth.