How to Choose The Right Mechanical Pencil for You - Modern Fuel

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With the wide array of mechanical pencils available to the average consumer, choosing just the right one might seem like a daunting task. There’s the cheap plastic variety, ones with claw holders, ones made of metal, ones made of plastic and metal, ones with interchangeable mechanisms for switching lead sizes and ones without. Where do you even begin? Your friendly neighborhood pencil peddlers are here to demystify that for you. Choosing your ideal mechanical pencil really comes down to just three criteria: graphite, or “lead” size, graphite hardness and, pencil material. Graphite size. The size of a graphite mechanical pencil insert is measured in millimeters, and standard sizes include .5, .7, or .9 mm in diameter. Smaller sizes produce a sharper, finer point good for detail work while inserts larger in diameter are better for thicker, bolder lines.