Michael Stevens

And because it protects it so well, you can put in very soft lead.

So you are right now writing with a fifth of a millimeter thick lead that's 2B softness.

So it's quite dark compared to the stuff at the top, the GraphGear 500.

The GraphGear's HLED looks like gray.

Way more graphite atoms per stroke, right?

Then this is the same pencil, but with a metal grip.

And so that's been my go-to.

And I think I'm kind of done.

It's got a little bit of a different weight distribution.

It's a little bit heavier.

Now, Pentel also makes an advanced version of the Orens called the Orens Nero, and it automatically shoots more lead out so you don't have to push the button.

I don't like it.

I think a lot of people will agree that the mechanism that moves lead out is too sensitive.

So when you use the eraser on the pencil, it shoots more lead out and you have to keep fixing it every time you erase.

My favorite pencil, that Metal Grip Pentel Orenz, that was $9.

Oh.

Well, $9.90, so $10.

How about the one that looks like a screwdriver?

That one was more.

That was like $17, I think.