Pentel Graphgear 1000 Drafting Pencil - 0.7 mm

Been using one of these for about 4 years now, purchased to replace a Pentel 207, and have been mostly happy with it. The retraction/clip mechanism was novel to me, but now seems useful in terms of making dual purpose of two already-existing items (the lead advance also extends the guide pipe ; the clip acts as the lock mechanism, and then releases the guide pipe to retract - solid spring action).

The lead hardness indicator requires partial disassembly of the body to adjust & then some practice/patience to get the body screwed back together without the setting moving out of place.

The Best !!!
My favorite and beats all pencils way in every including style, comfort and mechanism.
Very versatile.

I really like this pencil. It's a tad thin for my taste but otherwise performs great. The clip is a great feature and has helped keep me from losing the pencil a few times.

It's a tad too heavy, but it's nothing the appearance doesn't make up for – it's just so damn good looking. The head shoots back into the body very hard, and I hope it doesn't damage the mechanism in the long run.

Quite possibly this is the best-looking mechanical pencil of my collection with the performance to match. The cool blue ruber grip dots make a nice contrast with the metal barrel that would not be out-of-place in a sci-fi show. Normally I prefer 0.5 mm mechanical pencils, but gave this one a try since the other sizes were sold out. Its comfortable grip allows such precise control that one can render really fine lines even with a 2B lead on smooth drawing paper (which by the way does not smudge as badly as a rougher surface paper like bristol with a vellum fisnih might). Very satisfying retractable point mechanism.