Customer Reviews

(11 customer reviews)

3 out of 3 people found the following review helpful

  My favorite pencil. I'm..., April 4, 2011

By warkdrockwav

My favorite pencil. I'm amazed it works as well as it does.

Note: To do its trick it needs either harder lead, a light touch, or for the pencil to be picked up. But only one of these. Example: If drawing a two foot line with soft lead, the lead might flatten out, or even with harder lead if the pencil is pushed down with much pressure.

If you don't have one, get one. Heck, if you're at Jetpens you have a collection anyhow probably.

1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful

  I am very picky about..., March 9, 2011

By lksandrock

I am very picky about pencils, after reading reviews on this pencil on JetPens and PenAddict, I decided to try one out. I am very pleased with the pencil. I do not find my writing experience to be "mushy" at all. As far as the hole on the grip goes, I am working on training myself to write with the hole facing up and not turn the pencil as I am prone to do. I cannot wait to use it more, I am thrilled about how consistent my handwriting looks so far.

  Best pencil ever! I..., February 15, 2012

By edw...

Best pencil ever! I have yet to break the lead on this pencil! I have had this for over a year and love it! The auto lead rotation is the best part of the whole pencil!

  This is the best pencil..., November 3, 2010

By sonyphancong

This is the best pencil for writing. It is really nice to have. You should get this one for yourself, trust me.

  Agreed that the writing..., October 20, 2010

By graham.tillotson

Agreed that the writing experience is a bit different, but for me it doesn't slip and the weight is great. Very well made. The mechanism has a slight "click" feel to it sometimes, often related to the paper, but not terrible at all. Tough part is getting use to NOT spinning the pencil when writing for anyone who has developed that habit. All around very elegant.

  This is a great pencil...., September 22, 2010

By tashworth

This is a great pencil. I didn't like the hole in the shaft by the grip. This was very uncomfortable. After a lot of writing the hole really bothered me.
I bought the cheap version of this pencil and it is much better.
The way these pencils write is hard to do without. Once you try them, it is difficult to write with another mech. pencil.

  In response to tiscaleb you..., May 25, 2010

By xxp...

In response to tiscaleb

you have to be able to see the mechanism so you know if its not working
anyway, this pencil is simply AMAZING

  I disagree with the above..., February 9, 2010

By janet_sung

I disagree with the above reviews.

The rotating mechanism requires the tip to be pushed in a little, so the writing experience is mushy.

Also, the rotating doesn't work that well. I bought it in 0.5 although I prefer 0.3 because of the rotation, but the line is still too thick

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  This pencil writes very..., November 4, 2009

By southisaac

This pencil writes very well. However it has a tendency to slip through my fingers easily. Theirs no grip. Merely the shaft is all you have to grip to. My hands are always dry, which probably doesn't help. But I can't seem to get that good grip that I always want. Other than that, this pencil is wonderful.

  This is a brilliant mechanical..., August 24, 2009

By ch1_everitt

This is a brilliant mechanical pencil. It resolves the sole problem afflicting both mechanical and wooden pencils, that is, the need to rotate them in your grip as you're writing. Not that such an act is so terribly difficult for most people with better than average motor skills—however, because the Kuru Toga obviates the need to rotate the pencil, one can simply ... write, as with a ballpoint. It's so clever and simple, one wonders why another manufacturer hadn't thought of it previously.

If you use a pencil a lot through the day, I cannot recommend the Uni-Ball Kuru Toga highly enough. Bitch about the eraser if you must, but there are plenty of erasers for sale here anyway. Besides, what wooden or mechanical pencil has ever had an eraser the equal of a separate one, such as a Tombow or the Mitsu Boxy?

  You get what you pay..., July 27, 2009

By tiscaleb

You get what you pay for, and this saying doesn't disappoint when dealing with this pen. The aluminum grip is very sleek, and the contrast of the black eraser to the white body has some visual appeal to me. The pen feels very solid. My only complaint, although it is small, is that you can see the Kura Toga mechanism like in her cheaper counterparts. Very gut!