Forums → The Tavern → The Pencil Battle Ticonderoga PencilsVS. Bic Mechanical Pencils

I love a wood pencil. The plastic ones just don't taste the same.

Ticonderoga has a longer life span.

Mechanical pencils.

I could never get those HB pencils sharp enough without them breaking...

Mechanical pencils.

I could never get those HB pencils sharp enough without them breaking...

I don't use pencils, but when I do, I use a Bic mechanical pencil.

I hate sharpening pencils. I always have. Every time I try to sharpen one of those old school pencils, I end up breaking the tip of the lead, and then I have to start all over again. With mechanical pencils, you don't have to worry about all that.

But do you not find mechanical pencils have much more flimsier and easier to break leads in them?

I hate sharpening pencils. I always have. Every time I try to sharpen one of those old school pencils, I end up breaking the tip of the lead, and then I have to start all over again. With mechanical pencils, you don't have to worry about all that.

Speaking of sharpening, the only time when I'll use HB pencils in when the teacher has one of those electrical sharpeners in the room. I love those babies.

I personally love mechanical pencils, especially the extra-thin ones; I have gotten .3s from Asia. I also write small and light, so I don't need to worry about breaking them.

Sharpening pencils generally annoys me also (usually I break them).

For mechanical pencils, I usually use either .5 or .7 ones. The .5s are a little annoying, but I don't have a problem with .7s.

.5 looks more neat than .7 (I have pretty awful handwriting) but, the chance of it breaking (at least for me) is probably 2x as big as if I had been using a .7.

To be honest, never heard of .3 or .9+

Mech pencils pwn. I rarely use any other than my one mech pencil for all my drawings.

Mechanical pencils are more convenient because you don't have to sharpen them, which is wonderful. Also, the mech pencils make a more precise line which suits my drawing style.

It seems quite a few people here have problems with not breaking the lead as soon as they start writing.

And I thought I used to have difficulties.

I like normal pencils preferably 2B