The whole point of a mechanical pencil is to have perfect sharpness forever. Yet without precise engineering and build quality, the standard slender leads are doomed to constant breakages. This ...

Common mechanical pencils come in sizes to accommodate 0.5, 0.7, and 0.9 mm leads, but there are bigger and smaller ones available. Perhaps one of those really large drafting lead holders could be ...

With thick and easy-to-write-with lead and a design meant to offer the comfort and feel of a standard wooden pencil, this type of mechanical pencil is catching on with people who are particular ...

If you come from any kind of scientific or engineering background, I'd be fairly confident that a pencil is your writing implement of choice, specifically ...