Pentel Graphgear 1000 Drafting Pencil - 0.4 mm

Now to those that are looking for a good writing pencil. This is a drafting pencil it’s not designed to be held near the tip for writing. Drafting pencils are designed to be held a little further up so that when you are running along a straight edge or a template the lead is very close to the edge of it. If you are a person that holds a pencil close to the tip you will NOT like drafting pencils. If you are a person that holds your pencil a little further up the pencil this pencil has a great feel and weight to it.
First let me start off that I’m a Drafter (Board and CAD). Just like any other Artist we have our preferences of pens and pencils, myself I prefer the graphgear 500 the weight being focused near the tip allows me to keep a lighter touch even with the .3mm. Recently my faithful .3mm graphgear 500 (of 7 years) broke, the only place I have found it is here on JetPens. I ended up buying 3 500’s and 2 1000. I still like the 500 over the 1000 for drafting. However, to my surprise I find myself using the 1000 for calculations and writing over the 500, the retractable tip helps to guard it from bending, and “poking” my when I stick it in my pocket, plus the feel is very nice much like a nice pen. I do use different types of lead HB, 2B, and 2H the lead indicator is much nicer then the colored tape tied around the eraser cover. The lead size markings(are color coordinated too) on the eraser cover is very nice considering that all the different sizes are the same color barrel only the “rubber” is colored and is covered when in a pen holder. The clip is heavy duty and doesn’t feel like it’s going to break when you pull on it.
I’m reposting this under the .4mm because I bought a .4mm at the same time. I have never really used a .4mm and sometimes the .3mm is just too small and .5mm is too big this is a perfect in-between size and great feeling writing pencil. I’m probably going to buy a couple more when I place my next order for more lead.

i finally brought a 0.4mm pencil, they're really hard to find in the UK (pentel is the only one that manufactures the 0.4 types), i really find the colors really attractive and the style pretty awesome, it came with a pipe cleaner, and the pencil works beautifully so far, and it feels nice to use, write and draw with, the price is more expensive in comparison to my other mech pencils (the most i spent is £9.00 (about $14.40)), but it was well worth it though, imo

The clip for these pencils are new and improved!

They now move about an axle which is just awesome. 5stars!

I bought this just to have in my collection of 0.4mm pencils. I didn't expect to be able to use it for my main application which is technical design note writing and math, because it is too front heavy and heavy in general, and the grip, despite the rubber bumpers, is too abrasive for my comfort. These are personal taste aspects rather than criticisms of its quality though, so I still give it 5 stars. The pencil is simply beautiful, extremely well built, and a great show-off piece to lay on the table at a meeting. It is also a good field pencil since it retracts and so protects the tip. Finally, it also has Pentel's classic very short advance per click mechanism that I like.