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It's going to take a true pencil expert to understand the common pencil’s dilemma but hang in there as we try and explain. With standard mechanical pencils, as you write the pencil lead is worn down until it is a slanted surface. Each time you write you will get a different experience depending on how the pencil is rotated.
This can cause multiple annoyances:
1. As you start to write you might have a sharp point, but as you continue to write the point is worn down and thus your line widths are not uniform. This can also lead to smudgy and thick lines.
2. If you pick the pencil up and happen to start writing with the tip of the angled point, it is likely to scratch or catch on the paper.
3. The different angles at which the pencil lead comes in to contact with the paper is a common cause of lead breakage.
The Kuru Toga, on the other hand, has a core rotation mechanism that continually rotates the pencil lead as you write. The lead is twisted through a spring-loaded clutch, it works by twisting incrementally every time you lift the pencil up (i.e. during printing words, etc). This allows a uniform wearing of the pencil lead so that it always remains as a pointed tip. Not only does it solve the above problems, but it also gives you an amazingly thin line. You are effectively using only 50% of the lead area that you were previously using with your old mechanical pencil. Thus, a 0.3 mm Kuru Toga will write incredibly thin lines and have less breakage than a standard 0.3 mm mechanical pencil.
03/11/2010
i've seen lots of pencil that have cool features, but they don't actually work well in the end.
This pencil is just absolutely amazing. The turning function actually works, and my writing looks
a lot neater.
12/20/2009
The only other mechanical pencil I own, the pentel techniclick pd105t, is what I refer to as the
best mechanical pencil ever made. Because I am suborn, I will not revise that statement. The
second best, and most certanly the best writing experience, is the Kuru Toga.
Over time, you will notice the difference. There is a slight drag on the pencil to paper because
of the rotation action, but the ...
08/16/2009
Great mechanical pencil. Very much prefer it to the uni alphas and the Dr. Grips. After you get
used to it, the rotating lead keeps the tip nice and clean and results in less breakage. Switching
back to a conventional pencil makes you miss the KT.
A.G. Spalding & Bros BRFT208 Mini Fountain Pen - Fine Nib - Silver Body 
