pencils & pens

chadwick

what are the best pencils?
i like ticonderoga

unsung

I don't use pencils, as I use black ink pens, and for me the PaperMate Profile 1.4 Bold owns all.




Edited for autocorrect.

chadwick

unsung wrote:

I don't use pencils, as I use blank ink pens, and for me the PaperMate Profile 1.4 Bold owns all.

love me a good pen myself
i use pencil for many reasons
i can write while lying in bed
wehen writing in bed i need 3 or 4 pens
as one drains the ink away from the tip
i set that pen down grabbing a fresh one

Jason P

i like skirts the best.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

The Ticonderoga is a quality pencil. Doesn't fragment when sharpened and the eraser is good- never leaves smudges.

I go with the Scripto .5mm mechanical. Never stubby and no need to sharpen.

chadwick

unsung wrote:

I don't use pencils, as I use blank ink pens, and for me the PaperMate Profile 1.4 Bold owns all.

currently these are resting in my pen jar on my desk
i use multicolored ink for writing my own stuff & sending out letters & cards

chadwick

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

The Ticonderoga is a quality pencil. Doesn't fragment when sharpened and the eraser is good- never leaves smudges.

I go with the Scripto .5mm mechanical. Never stubby and no need to sharpen.

i've never been a lasting user of mechanical pencils. i always wanna keep trying to get into them but i just have no luck. also, buying new refills is a huge pain the ass w/ 149 different varieties & 9 feet of choices similar to the tooth brush aisle

Thirty Bills Unpaid

chadwick wrote:

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

The Ticonderoga is a quality pencil. Doesn't fragment when sharpened and the eraser is good- never leaves smudges.

I go with the Scripto .5mm mechanical. Never stubby and no need to sharpen.

i've never been a lasting user of mechanical pencils. i always wanna keep trying to get into them but i just have no luck. also, buying new refills is a huge pain the ass w/ 149 different varieties & 9 feet of choices similar to the tooth brush aisle

I hear what you are saying with the choices. Just remember your thickness and go with the PaperMate refills.

Once you get on a roll with the mechanical... it's rewarding. There's something to be said for clicking instead of getting up and sharpening.

chadwick

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

chadwick wrote:

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

The Ticonderoga is a quality pencil. Doesn't fragment when sharpened and the eraser is good- never leaves smudges.

I go with the Scripto .5mm mechanical. Never stubby and no need to sharpen.

i've never been a lasting user of mechanical pencils. i always wanna keep trying to get into them but i just have no luck. also, buying new refills is a huge pain the ass w/ 149 different varieties & 9 feet of choices similar to the tooth brush aisle

I hear what you are saying with the choices. Just remember your thickness and go with the PaperMate refills.

Once you get on a roll with the mechanical... it's rewarding. There's something to be said for clicking instead of getting up and sharpening.

sounds fun actually

Leezestarr313

I love writing with fountain pens. They somehow make my handwriting look more nicely, I tend to write more orderly. Unfortunately, I don't have one right now. I don't like the regular pens a lot, I need to press too hard on the paper with them. So what I'm using is these ball point thingies. I'm a left hander and I noticed that I sometimes have problems using other people's writing utensils, with right-handed owners in particular. The tip of the pen is shaped by it's use, so when I use a ball point pen that belongs to a rightie, my leftie hand has problems writing smoothly with it.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Leezestarr313 wrote:

I love writing with fountain pens. They somehow make my handwriting look more nicely, I tend to write more orderly. Unfortunately, I don't have one right now. I don't like the regular pens a lot, I need to press too hard on the paper with them. So what I'm using is these ball point thingies. I'm a left hander and I noticed that I sometimes have problems using other people's writing utensils, with right-handed owners in particular. The tip of the pen is shaped by it's use, so when I use a ball point pen that belongs to a rightie, my leftie hand has problems writing smoothly with it.

Don't forget about when your hand is wiping across everything you write... the ink is smeared and the page is ruined.

Dang lefties.

Leezestarr313

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

Leezestarr313 wrote:

I love writing with fountain pens. They somehow make my handwriting look more nicely, I tend to write more orderly. Unfortunately, I don't have one right now. I don't like the regular pens a lot, I need to press too hard on the paper with them. So what I'm using is these ball point thingies. I'm a left hander and I noticed that I sometimes have problems using other people's writing utensils, with right-handed owners in particular. The tip of the pen is shaped by it's use, so when I use a ball point pen that belongs to a rightie, my leftie hand has problems writing smoothly with it.

Don't forget about when your hand is wiping across everything you write... the ink is smeared and the page is ruined.

Dang lefties.

I learned to avoid this :P No smearing here!

hedonist

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

Leezestarr313 wrote:

I love writing with fountain pens. They somehow make my handwriting look more nicely, I tend to write more orderly. Unfortunately, I don't have one right now. I don't like the regular pens a lot, I need to press too hard on the paper with them. So what I'm using is these ball point thingies. I'm a left hander and I noticed that I sometimes have problems using other people's writing utensils, with right-handed owners in particular. The tip of the pen is shaped by it's use, so when I use a ball point pen that belongs to a rightie, my leftie hand has problems writing smoothly with it.

Don't forget about when your hand is wiping across everything you write... the ink is smeared and the page is ruined.

Dang lefties.

This southpaw also suffers from inky-pinkie syndrome

As for pencils, I love the old-school ones. Something about the smell of them freshly-sharpened, the sound of the lead on paper, turning the tip to shade when drawing...not to mention chewing on them from time to time.

chadwick, you need to get yourself one of them astronaut pens, as featured on Seinfeld :P

brianlux

I recently bought a pen made by TUL- fine point. I think it's a gel pen. Love it! And I love any pencil that made of wood and graphite and smells good when run through the sharpener. Nothing like a good pencil!

unsung

Ugh, I despise fine point pens. They give me that fingernails on the chalkboard feeling.

And yeah I forgot all about those space pens, I had one called a Fisher. You could use it to write upside down.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

unsung wrote:

Ugh, I despise fine point pens. They give me that fingernails on the chalkboard feeling.

And yeah I forgot all about those space pens, I had one called a Fisher. You could use it to write upside down.

Agreed on the fine point pen scrawling.

ajedigecko

Ticonderoga is a smooth pencil.

Good choice amigo.

brianlux

Speaking of pencils, for certain uses, I like refillable automatic pencils. Unfortunately, I've yet to find a good one that hold up over time. Pentel makes a decent disposable one but once the lead is gone- more plastic trash. :nono:

Anybody found a good, durable refillable automatic pencil out there?

riotgrl

I like the process of sharpening a real pencil rather than clicking the mechanical pencils. In fact, just bought me a new electric pencil sharpener as my old fashioned crank sharpener doesn't do the job unless you insert it just right (and yes, I'm immature and giggled a bit when I wrote that line - hey! I teach high school kids, if you can't beat em, join em ). Don't forget about the awesome red Sharpie that is great for grading papers!

backseatLover12

Ebony pencils. http://www.prismacolor.com/products/gra ... ony-pencil

They're drawing pencils, started using them when I was a design major before changing my major in college. They've got a really soft tip and just glide across the paper. I despise the mechanical pencils.

Snakeduck

hedonist wrote:

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

Leezestarr313 wrote:

I love writing with fountain pens. They somehow make my handwriting look more nicely, I tend to write more orderly. Unfortunately, I don't have one right now. I don't like the regular pens a lot, I need to press too hard on the paper with them. So what I'm using is these ball point thingies. I'm a left hander and I noticed that I sometimes have problems using other people's writing utensils, with right-handed owners in particular. The tip of the pen is shaped by it's use, so when I use a ball point pen that belongs to a rightie, my leftie hand has problems writing smoothly with it.

Don't forget about when your hand is wiping across everything you write... the ink is smeared and the page is ruined.

Dang lefties.

This southpaw also suffers from inky-pinkie syndrome

As for pencils, I love the old-school ones. Something about the smell of them freshly-sharpened, the sound of the lead on paper, turning the tip to shade when drawing...not to mention chewing on them from time to time.

chadwick, you need to get yourself one of them astronaut pens, as featured on Seinfeld :P

I knew we could turn this into a train worthy topic. I too have felt the sting of south paw discrimination. In fact, the entire world is geared towards righties and I think the time is nigh to do someting about it. Revolution!

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Snakeduck wrote:

I knew we could turn this into a train worthy topic. I too have felt the sting of south paw discrimination. In fact, the entire world is geared towards righties and I think the time is nigh to do someting about it. Revolution!

Forget that. You guys suck!

Pingfah

Handwriting is so 20th century.

hedonist

Snakeduck wrote:

I knew we could turn this into a train worthy topic. I too have felt the sting of south paw discrimination. In fact, the entire world is geared towards righties and I think the time is nigh to do someting about it. Revolution!

*fist-bump*

First thing I thought of were those damned desks in school - the bane of most of my classes.

Ah, but art class...sitting unfettered at those huge long tables? Freedom!

And chalkboards, oh chalkboards...damn you. Couldn't write legibly on them for shit.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Pingfah wrote:

Handwriting is so 20th century.

ur :crazy: man.

hedonist

Pingfah wrote:

Handwriting is so 20th century.

I laugh, but it's sort of true.

I like how actually writing by hand, vs. being able to go back and edit/retype, forces me to take pause and really think about what I want to say before I say it.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

hedonist wrote:

Snakeduck wrote:

I knew we could turn this into a train worthy topic. I too have felt the sting of south paw discrimination. In fact, the entire world is geared towards righties and I think the time is nigh to do someting about it. Revolution!

*fist-bump*

First thing I thought of were those damned desks in school - the bane of most of my classes.

Ah, but art class...sitting unfettered at those huge long tables? Freedom!

And chalkboards, oh chalkboards...damn you. Couldn't write legibly on them for shit.

You lefties think you got it soooo rough.

Try being a god-favoured righty eating at a crowded table beside a leftie to your right. Frick, I can't recall the amount of times my elbow has smashed into a lefties elbow as we attempt to shovel food into our mouths at the same time.

Just go sit somewhere else, weirdo. Geez, man.

Snakeduck

hedonist wrote:

Snakeduck wrote:

I knew we could turn this into a train worthy topic. I too have felt the sting of south paw discrimination. In fact, the entire world is geared towards righties and I think the time is nigh to do someting about it. Revolution!

*fist-bump*

First thing I thought of were those damned desks in school - the bane of most of my classes.

Ah, but art class...sitting unfettered at those huge long tables? Freedom!

And chalkboards, oh chalkboards...damn you. Couldn't write legibly on them for shit.

So, this is what it's like... when doves cry. I'm wit'cha, sista!

Snakeduck

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

You lefties think you got it soooo rough.

Try being a god-favoured righty eating at a crowded table beside a leftie to your right. Frick, I can't recall the amount of times my elbow has smashed into a lefties elbow as we attempt to shovel food into our mouths at the same time.

Just go sit somewhere else, weirdo. Geez, man.

Elbow fighting with my right-handed siblings at the dinner trough is how I first trained for my MMA career.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Snakeduck wrote:

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

You lefties think you got it soooo rough.

Try being a god-favoured righty eating at a crowded table beside a leftie to your right. Frick, I can't recall the amount of times my elbow has smashed into a lefties elbow as we attempt to shovel food into our mouths at the same time.

Just go sit somewhere else, weirdo. Geez, man.

Elbow fighting with my right-handed siblings at the dinner trough is how I first trained for my MMA career.

There are some advantages to the situation, but it's just kinda annoying. I can recall one time I had carefully managed my plate of lasagna and had worked my way to what was amounting to an unbelievable fork full of a bite. This bite had the perfect balance of baked cheese, regular melted cheese, noodle, and meat sauce. I had just taken the accompanying bite of garlic toast and went to shovel the heaven into my mouth when my goofy lefty buddy knocked my forkful onto my plate and mixed the bite with the rest of the meal.

He left me no choice but to kick his ass. Then we banned him from eating with us anymore. Even doing cheers with beers he buggers things up- you're always getting a premature 'clink' before your glass hits the circle where all the beers 'clink' together. We're considering banning him from cheers.

Maybe PJ will do a lefties only concert one day? Then you guys can go and be left together. It's not a horrible idea.

HGK

Sharpie makes a really nice writing pen.