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Pentel Graph Gear 1000 Automatic Drafting Pencil, 0.5mm Lead Size, Brushed Metal Barrel, 1 Each (PG1015A)

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  • Chiseled metallic grip inlaid with soft latex-free pads provides writing comfort
  • Dual-action retractor advances and retracts tip for easy use
  • Superior drafting pencil for general and technical writing
  • Refillable with Pentel Super Hi-Polymer Lead and Z2-1 eraser

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GraphGear 1000 GraphGear 500 Graphlet
4mm Tip
Metal Grip
Dual Action Tip Retractor
Eraser Cap Concealer
Metallic Grip / Latex-Free Padding
Lead Size Variety

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Size:0.5 mm

Finely chiseled metallic grip inlaid with soft latex-free pads. Dual-function pocket clip releases heavy spring mechanism to retract tip. Sophisticated brushed metal barrel. Writes crisp, .5mm fine lines of consistent density. Refillable with Pentel Super Hi-Polymer Lead and Z2-1 refill eraser.


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By K. LeCrone TOP 500 REVIEWER on February 29, 2016
Size: 0.5 mm Verified Purchase
I enjoy sketching and painting, and I'm always on the lookout for new tools to help me work. As of late I’ve been going back through some of my art supply purchased over the years and reviewing the ones that stood out in order to hopefully help other artists make informed purchases.

I purchased my first Pentel Graph Gear 1000 mechanical pencil a little over five years ago, and have added many more to my collection in the years since. It's my go-to mechanical pencil for a number of reasons:

- It has a comfortable, chiseled metallic grip inlaid with soft latex-free pads provides writing comfort. These pads are different colors depending on the lead size you choose (brown for .3 mm, grey for .5 mm, blue for .7 mm, and yellow for .9 mm), making it easy to identify which size of lead you're using.
- The dual-action retractor advances and retracts tip for easy use. This means that you're able to retract the tip when you're storing it, which helps prevent damage to the tip as well as accidental damage (read: holes) in whatever you're storing it in.
- The lead and eraser are refillable.
- The barrel has a rotating window that allows you to identify the type of lead you've placed in it (2B, HB, etc.), so if you have multiples of these pencils, it's easy at a glance to identify what type of lead is in each without having to test them. Between this and the color-coding for the lead type, it makes it incredibly easy to keep on creating rather than having to take breaks to remember where you put a certain lead size or hardness or softness of lead. It also means that if you have multiples, you can have a variety of them handy, rather than having to regularly swap out lead.
- They are extremely well weighted.
- I rarely experience breakage.
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I have chosen this sharp pencil after a vigilantly careful 3-4 hour session in a department store.
I went into several stores and compared all the mechanical pencils they had at that time.
I took 10+ pencils for a ride (CDT, Cross, Faber Castell, Mitsubishi Kuru Toga, Ohto Promecha, Parker, Pelikan, Pilot, Pentel Graph Limited 1000, Rotring, Staedtler 885, Zebra Tect 2way etc. ).

For whatever reasons drawing with the Graphgear 1000 just feels right the very moment you take this pen into your hand.

When I made my decision I decided for the feature I REALLY need for a long term relationship. ;-)

While the "obvious" feature would certainly include the visual design you will be surprised to find out how much more there is to it, as I will elaborate below.

Hard factors:

1) Heavy usage of hand and/or rheumatoid arthritis:

If you or a good friend happen to play guitar daily for many hours and take notes at the same time or are unfortunate enough to already have rheumatoid arthritis in your hands, then this is "The pencil you don't want to leave the house without". I am not talking about the reliability itself but about how comfortable it is to use. This pen allows you to do more with much less effort !!

2) You can hide the sharp and sensitive penfront inside the pen.
While this may not be an obvious advantage, consider that you may accidently drop it once during its lifecycle.

The fact that the pens tip is hidden on the inside does not only protect your investment itself it also somewhat lessens the likelyhood of an actual damage to your other inventory, your expensive new shirt - or worse an injury to a family members eye (kids) etc.
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These things are great. A bit expensive for a pencil but worth it. The thickness of the pencil is just right, and the spring loaded retractable clip is great. The tip doesn't wiggle around like a lot of drafting pencils with retractable tips.

The pencil itself is built really well too. The plastic parts are all high quality and the metal parts fit together perfectly. When you shake it all you hear is the lead moving around, there's no parts rattling at all unless the tip is retracted. Very tight construction.

Also unlike other drafting pencils this one actually has a decent sized eraser. I still carry around a block eraser but this one is actually big enough I don't hesitate to use it like I do with my other ones.

The only problem I have with it is there was no metal pin stuck in the eraser to clean out the tip but I haven't had any lead break yet so it might not need it.

All in all, these things are a pleasure to use.
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Size: 0.5 mm Verified Purchase
Although the GraphGear 1000 is labelled as a drafting pencil, I find it preferable for daily writing and note taking. If you write small and can manage to write with a soft touch, this pencil would make an excellent addition to you writing tools. Over the course of 3 years, I have purchased 7 of these pencils. Four were lost, two broke, and one is still works. Shockingly enough, I broke one of them after adding a picture to Amazon. These pencils are solid on the exterior, but have a few weak points.

Cons:
- Sticker on top of the cap labeling the lead size WILL come off.
- 0.3mm only comes in brown.
- Expensive.
- Plastic interior pieces (There's a brown piece that can fracture near the screw end)

I'm not the type to baby my possessions. So the cons listed may not be applicable to you.

Pros:
- Solid feel.
- Unique design.
- 0.3mm

As some have noted, there are different versions of this pencil.

Here's what I found to be different:
- The back cap is tighter fitting.
- The clip now uses a spring.
- The internal lead storage is slightly different (more plastic, less metal).

There aren't many alternatives when it comes to 0.3mm pencils but this is the best one in the consumer market.

I don't think these pencils are worth the price, but 0.3mm pencil demand not exactly booming. My preference for finer work in my penmanship is enough for me to look the other way. Beggars can't be choosers!
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