PentelGraph Gear 1000 Mechanical Drafting Pencil 0.9mm Yellow (PG1019)

I first learned about this pencil in the .7 variety from 731 Woodworks, a woodworker I follow on YouTube. I bought one immediately and loved it, but the .7 lead is a bit too fragile for marking rough lumber.I learned about the .9 version from Adam Savage and bought one immediately!I love it! The .9 lives in my shop, the .7 lives on my desk, and I've bought more for my friends and have given them away to people who try them and immediately fall in love with them.These pencils are sturdy, the mechanism is robust, the grip feels great in the hand, and I love the tip retraction with the clip.I don't know what else you could be looking for in a mechanical pencil.And they come in .5 and .3 if you're so inclined.

Excellent pencil, very comfortable in hand. Smooth operation and advancement of lead. Clip tip retractiom works without any problems. Feels solid, love the design. Good value for quality.

I'm a big fan of pentel mechanical pencils I enjoyed using them this was a great one I loved the color and design and the led was perfect the eraser quality is also perfect value of money is amazing cheep and nice to use the weight is just right on the hand and its size is easy to fit in your jacket or backpacks.

When it comes to writing tools, I never would have thought that I would spend $12 for a single pencil and like it so much that I would spend another $12 on the version with the thicker lead. That said, the Pentel Graph Gear 1000 Mechanical Drafting Pencil is my favorite pencil and works flawlessly at dispensing lead so I can write and draw with it. The pencil is simple, stylish, and works very well. Lead is dispensed smoothly and stays firmly in place when you write. You can retract the lead back into your pencil by either clicking and holding the metal button on top like most mechanical pencils, or you can retract the entire metal tip with the lead set in place by pressing the clip that normally holds a pen/pencil at the top of your pocket. The pencil feels very durable and while it's not entirely made of metal (the inner workings are made of plastic) it still has a substantial look and feel. I've owned the 0.5mm pencil since February 2020, ended up purchasing a second 0.5mm because my daughter loved my pencil so much she practically stole it from me, and now I've purchased the 0.7mm pencil since I love the pencil so much and needed something that draws slightly thicker lines. All of the pencils work really well and can take the appropriate lead in the corresponding sizes. I haven't had any issues with any of the pencils and I'm already considering getting the other sizes, just so I can draw all the lines in varying thicknesses. It's a tool I have no regrets about paying so much for, and something I will probably purchase for friends' kids as gifts as they get older.

I love these pencils. The metal body gives it a decent weight for more control, although it might feel a little "top-heavy" depending on your drawing style. I personally use them for technical drawing, with the pencil perpendicular to the page, so the balance isn't as much of an issue. I love the fact that they're retractable, as I don't know how many pencil tips I've bent over the years being fumble-fingered. When retracted, the metal shroud around the tip keeps it protected from bumps in all directions. When extended, the tips have a nice length, allowing them to get the point very close to the edge of a ruler while keeping the pencil perpendicular to the page.The one downside to this 0.3mm pencil is not actually the pencil's fault. 0.3mm leads break very easily. When I first got it, sometimes the leads wouldn't advance and I discovered that the lead had broken off inside the tip. Thankfully, the pencil comes with a small 0.3mm pin stuck into the inside of the eraser, which allowed me to pop the broken lead back into the pencil and remove it. I've come up with two possible causes for the breakage. One is that the pencil was bumped from the side with enough force to snap the lead somewhere in the middle. I don't expect it would take a lot of force for this to happen. The other possibility is that the lead snapped during retraction. The pencil retracts with a good amount of force, and the resulting shock/vibration might have broken the lead.This was easily solved with better lead though. I got rid of the lead that came in the pencil, and replaced it with some Pentel Ain Stein lead. I suspect that other reinforced leads such as Uni NanoDia would work as well. After replacing the lead, the breakage issue stopped completely.I'm extremely happy with these pencils and highly recommend them.

This pencil is great. It's reliable, has a good weight to it, and it's perfectly comfortable and grippy in the hand. I have owned 2 of these over the last 4 years, after upgrading from a graphgear 500, and have enjoyed nearly every minute writing with them.Unfortunately, after about a year and a half or two, the central yellow plastic piece (0.9mm version) breaks. This has happened with both pencils I've owned. Each time, its broken around the threads (see picture), and because this plastic piece holds the rest of the pencil together, it basically renders the pencil useless after it breaks. I've never been overly rough with the pencil, and only take it apart maybe twice a year, so I think this piece just gets old and brittle after a while.That being said, 2 years is a pretty long time for a mechanical pencil to last. The rest of this pencil has basically no chance of breaking with normal use. If it wasn't for the plastic piece giving out, I'd probably still be on my first one. And yes, the proprietary eraser refills are a bit annoying, but they're pretty cheap and unusually last quite a while despite their small size. I can definitely still recommend this pencil to anyone looking for that "premium" experience.

it is a very good pencil and I have not broken the lead in it yet like I have done with other pencils