Poll: Mechanical pencil users - what's your favorite lead size?

[Chaotic42]

What do you guys do at work that still requires writing so much to the point of having a mech pencil preference?

I hardly write today. The only physical writing i do is on sticky notes and my small notepad for to-dos.

I'm working on a Master's degree in Mathematics and I do a lot of paper note taking and drawing at work. I burn through notebooks and pencil lead.

 

[brianmanahan]

What do you guys do at work that still requires writing so much to the point of having a mech pencil preference?

I hardly write today. The only physical writing i do is on sticky notes and my small notepad for to-dos.

i have a job

 

[Crono]

I write data in a field book, and make field sketches. I also mark up blueprints for my field comps. Aside from that, I hardly write at all. I've always liked fountain pens, and would love to have a nice one, but I can't justify the purchase for something I'd use a couple times a year, What I might do is learn how to cut quills, and get a bottle of ink. Still not a lot of point, but much cheaper, and it may scratch that itch.

I got this Pilot fountain pen yesterday, basically a Pilot Metropolitan. It's my first fountain pen, aside from a pack of Pilot Varsity ones I bought a week ago. Mostly I've been using gel pens (Zebra Sarassa, Uni-ball Signo), thought I'd change it up by trying fountain pens. I like the fact that it includes a converter as well as an ink cartridge. I'm going to try different inks with it, see what I like. So far I'm not used to writing with fountain pens yet, but I do like the smoothness of ink flow with little pressure. Also it just feels really nice to hold.

 

[Zeze]

i have a job

Do you scribble for living

 

[brianmanahan]

Do you scribble for living

among other things

 

[Charmonium]

That's a great color. Sort of lapis/cobalt. Cool.