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These are super cool, but I have to admit I’ve sworn by BIC 0.5mm mechanical pencils for years. Part of it is that they are so cheap and commonplace, I like that at least for one aspect of my life I don’t rely on some super custom, boutique version of an everyday product.

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I have two Pentel 0.5mm classic black pencils with the teeny weeny erasers under a steel cap. I have used these since high school, so over 40 years.

(I also have a Sharp calculator from the same era that is still working just fine. The Japanese really built things to last in the 80s.)