Sharp Mechanical Pencil (0.5mm), Fine Line, Black Barrel, Pack of 2 (P205BP2)

I began using near-identical Pentels way back in 1980, as an engineering student covering reams of paper with drawings and calculations. The design has been stable all these years because it can't be improved upon -- it's essentially perfect. Simple, effective, durable, affordable. I've used one or two fancier mechanical pencils over the years, but this, this is the one.

I've used these mechanical pencils for as long as I can remember. They are of great quality and reliability and are very comfortable to hold.

love! It's a nice grip and it's a good weight to hold. I think the design is cool. Very easy to use. It's a nice pencil.

These mechanical pencils are great. The best I've ever used. They dispensed the perfect amount of lead, which is one push of the button.

Has erasers.They are ok, breaks too quickly for me, could be me

Even a cheap disposable mechanical pencil is better than a wooden pencil because 1. You don't have to stop writing or drawing to sharpen it. When the lead gets short, just click for more. and 2. It keeps a good point at all times, giving consistent line quality, rather than starting fine and crisp and gradually becoming dull and smudgy. If you've tried disposable mechanicals and been satisfied, you don't know what you're missing until you try a draftsman's mechanical pencil. Everything good about mechanical pencils has been refined to a level you must experience to understand and believe. Generations of drafstmen and engineers who used these pencils all day, every day insisted on this level of reliability and performance. But with so many pencils available, and prices from the ridiculously cheap to the ridiculously expensive, how do you choose? After reading reviews of drafting pencils, I bought several top-rated pencils to compare. All wrote and drew very well, but each had a different feel. Some were fat or thin, heavy or light. Some had hard or soft textured grips, while others were smooth. I realize feel is a matter of personal taste, and if you like a thicker pencil, I recommend the Staedtler 925 25. But after trying various pencils and coming back to the Pentel Sharp P205, its feel disappeared. My hand moved smoothly and comfortably across the page as if the pencil had vanished, and thoughts flowed directly from my mind to the paper, coming out as perfectly balanced lines, as expressive and precise as I imagined.

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Since I've got these, these have been my favorite lead pencils since. I love how the pencil has some weight to it when I'm writing, but it's not necessarily heavy. After writing with these, going back to a plastic lead pencil just isn't the same anymore. I've also been using the same lead pencil religiously for 2 years now and it still works as if it was brand new. The only reason I have a need to purchase new ones is because I lost them and someone probably claimed ownership of them because they're that good. However because these are rather expensive, I make sure I always put them away and I've only lost one of them in the past 2 years, whereas if I were using the plastic lead pencils, I would've gone through at least 10. The lead almost never snaps when I'm writing and I sometimes write hard enough to make indentations on the next page. The eraser on the lead pencil is effective, but quite small so I use this lead pencil along with the Pentel Clic Eraser Pencil-Style Grip Eraser, which are easily refillable. When I write or draw, it doesn't feel right anymore unless I'm using this pencil. Definitely worth your money!

Hablando de la marca Pentel como tal, puedo decir que es buena y sus productos son de calidad. He probado varios de ellos y reafirmo mi argumento con estos portaminas. Un set de dos unidades a buen precio sin perder calidad. Si bien no son como la linea Graphgear, si tienen sus puntos diferenciales. Son mas sencillos pero también esta bien hechos. Están construidos en materiales de calidad y son muy resistentes, están hechos para durar para siempre. La punta de las minas esta protegida por un tubo de metal al igual que la otra linea de portaminas ya mencionada. El peso y agarre en estos lapices mecánicos también es algo digno de mención, pues son muy ligeros y a pesar de no tener un Grip metílico son muy cómodos de usar y se trabaja muy bien con ellos. Ya que no son muy pesados y son muy simples, son mas portátiles de llevar ya sea que uses el clip o los guardes en un estuche. El motivo por el que destaco el precio es porque realmente es algo que hay que resaltar. Si se ponen a buscar mas opciones, verán que un solo lápiz Pentel Sharp sale en 90 pesos básicamente (hablando únicamente de la medida 0.5), el Graphgear 500 sale por arriba de los 130, mientras que este set solo cuesta 120 aproximadamente (al menos cuando yo los compre; el precio puede bajar o subir mas). Es decir, te sale mas barato que comprar dos Sharp por separado y es mejor que comprar solo un solo portaminas. Este modelo no esta nada mal ni tiene nada que envidiar a los otros, y por ese precio es algo que los vuelve económicos y te ahorra dinero. Ademas, si se te pierde uno, tienes otro extra y no sera tanta la perdida pues hablamos de que un portaminas te salio en la mitad de lo que cuesta o menos. Si lo que buscas es comprar portaminas profesionales para dibujar pero a la vez quieres economizar y no dejarte mucho dinero en ellos, sin duda esta es una compra segura muy recomendable, una buena inversión.

As expected.

Great workhorse pencils.

I have been using this model of mechanical pencil since the 70's. I have drawn everything from houses to sewage treatment plants with it and would be lost without it. In fact this is why I bought this package...I thought that I lost my original. As luck would have it, I found the original right after these arrived....always the way. Now I have two (2) spares...good for another 50 years!. Me...not so much.

this is by far my most favourite pencil ever!! a friend gave me one a couple years back and i used it religiously until i lost it like a week ago. the price for the 2 pack is really great - the pencils last you for literally a lifetime, they're that good quality! no other pencil makes me write as nice as this one lol. would highly recommend!!