Uni Kurutoga Mechanical Pencil Standard, 0.3mm, Black (M34501P.24)

Yes, I'm spending time reviewing a mechanical pencil because I've destroyed so many others. This one works as they say it does and quite frankly it's really hard to find one that doesn't break. I both draw and write for long periods of time and I've bent pencil tips, snapped countless graphite sticks, and had one wooden pencil snap in my hand. I had to dig wooden splinters out of my cuticle section after sharpening a regular wood pencil that was a piece of junk and this was after being awake for two days. Exhaustion did play a role. I only use Ticonderoga pencils and Faber-Castell graphite holders - then these babies for fine detail on drawings! If you need something for notes or drafting then these are perfect! While I also use a computer much of my preliminary work is done by hand through drafting and writing. The way your brain functions using a pencil/pen instead of a keyboard has been researched and I just love this pencil. The mechanism that spins the graphite is wonderful and at first I thought it was too good to be true but I'm not twisting the mechanical pencils by hand at all. I do have all three sizes 0.7 mm, 0.5 mm, and 0.3 mm as well. Why? Because I love these mechanical pencils! Definitely get the Japanese made ones if you can and the graphite is like writing or drawing with silk. I swear if you are a Southpaw you won't end up with graphite all over your hand! They erase just fine and feel great in your hands. It may seem like a stupid thing to purchase but I have to deal with hand cramps and this has saved my hands that I use for drafting, drawing, sketching and note taking. If you have the same problems I did then take more breaks as well. It helps but when you use the same instrument all day every day then it needs to work reliably. So far these mechanical pencils are great! I really like the 0.3 mm because I can write very small and consistent letters without the lead breaking. Yes it's a small writing utensil with what most people call an extravagant feature. Who cares? Get what you need and use it without apology!

This has become my favorite mechanical penicil. I haven't had any clogs or jams with this penicil nor any lead breaks I haven't had much breakage at all while writing either. I have been using this penicil for months as my "daily".

It really helped to write the chinease charters more easy and betiful than more traditional pencils. The pen itslef are made with high quality and really comftarble to use and it have a good weight balance.

The Japanese REALLY know how to make a mechanical pencil, and the Kuru Toga is proof of that. Make sure you purchase the Japanese version and not the cheaper American build. A buddy of mine is teaching English in Japan and I asked him to send me some of the best Japanese school supplies, several of these pencils were in the box. The Kuru Toga has a special feature that rotates the lead as you write. It's not going to keep you from always having to rotate the pencil when writing in English since you don't lift the pencil off the paper and place it back down as much as you would writing Japanese, but it definitely cuts down on the need. The "Diamond Infused" lead these pencils ship with is much stronger than traditional lead and writes smoother as well. I also highly recommend the 0.3mm lead size pencil over the 0.5mm as I prefer a fine line. Keep in mind you can use regular 0.3mm lead in this pencil, but it's such a thin lead that the non-Diamon Infused lead will be prone to break. The Japanese Kuru Toga's have a metal tip that helps balance the pencil, the American Kuru-Toga's lack this feature. Remember to buy a separate stand alone eraser to go with this. All Japanese students use mechanical pencils and they always have three things in their pencil case. Extra lead, and two erasers. Don't expect to get much of any use of the eraser on the pencil. Pros: - Auto-Rotate feature cuts down on need to adjust pencil to get sharpest piece of lead on writing surface. - Metal tip provides better balance than cheaper plastic pencils. - Lead is tightly held in place and does not slip - Comes with high quality pencil lead that is less prone to breaking during writing - Well built pencil that you can put plenty of miles on without the internal mechanics wearing out like cheap bic mechanic pencils Cons: - Expensive and difficult to procure the better Japanese Kuru-Toga - Diamond Infused lead can be hard to find and is also expensive - Eraser top is difficult to remove which can make refilling leads a little frustrating. - Metal tip can hurt you if you place this pencil in your pants pocket, forget, and sit down.

You probably already know that Uni's Kuru Toga pencils ingeniously rotate their lead slightly each time you press down to write, keeping the lead from developing the elongated oval tip common in other mechanical pencils. Kuru Togas come in a variety of lead sizes: .3, .5, and .7mm. This is the .3mm pencil, and I've noticed a few distinctions with the extremely small diameter lead relative to the .5mm and .7mm pencils. I use the pencil to make notes in books and documents, and the small diameter lead lets me underline and write more notes in margins. It's great for this purpose. But there are several drawbacks you should be aware of with the .3mm lead. First, the lead runs out fast. You don't think about it when buying the pencil, but .3mm is really thin, and you're constantly clicking the end of the pencil to advance the lead when you write with this pencil. You would think it would just make a thinner line and not be consumed any faster. Nope. The lead and the line it makes are thinner, but it's at the cost of the lead being consumed fast--over twice as fast as lead in the .5mm pencil in my experience. Second, weirdly, one consequence of the really thin lead is that it gets so sharp you often tear or puncture your paper when starting up with this pencil--something that really doesn't happen with the .5mm or .7mm pencils. On a final note, the pencil is fed by removing the cap and the eraser underneath and placing lead pieces in the hole exposed when the eraser is removed.

I bought this mechanical pencil for ~$6.50 in October 2020. I'd always wanted to have a great 0.3 mm mechanical pencil for my everyday writing. I normally write very small and having thin lines was important to me. I had nearly given up on using a 0.3 mm pencil because of my poor experience with the Pentel Graphgear 1000, which seems to nearly always get better reviews on online review sites. The Uni Kuratogas generally fare well on the reviews, but I've found that reviewers seem to prefer the Pentels. The reviewers were wrong! I found that although the Pentel Graphgear 1000 looked nice and had a good weight, the clicking mechanism and ability to keep your piece of lead in one piece was poor. As I mentioned above, I had nearly given up on the idea of getting a good 0.3 mm mechanical pencil, but decided to give it one more shot with this Uni Kurutoga. I'm glad I did! This pencil is nearly perfect. It's lightweight (which I found I preferred for nimble writing, over the heavier, more expensive feel of the Graphgear), looks good, and doesn't seem to break my lead very much at all. Downsides are that it does have a plastic shell, giving it a less expensive feel than the Graphgear (if it matters to you). I think the reduction in weight is worth it though. Additionally, the one big real drawback is that it does not have a retractable head, so you cannot reasonably carry this in your pants pocket without eventually poking holes in the pocket. Overall, I love this pencil and have bought one for my place of work and a separate one for home. For carrying in my pocket, I resorted to getting a 0.5 mm pencil (also Uni Kurutoga) with a retractable head since I couldn't find any good 0.3 mm ones with that feature. This one, if you care: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017BDDZ7I/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This is THE BEST mechanical pencil I own. The Kuru Toga engine makes writing smooth and fast. I have good grip, the design is amazing, it’s fine line, and it’s not easy to break. This is one of the best additions to my school supplies!!!

this pencil is unrivaled. i always carried it with me from school, home, grocery trips, and more. i would always carry this pencil with me—until we were forcefully separated by the bridge between life and death. i was in a hurry to pack my things from school, when i dropped it on the grass to get home. i had my teacher look for it to no avail. when i went to find it after school the next day, i heard there had been a rampant lawnmower wreaking havoc that morning. in distress, i searched the grass, only to find a sole piece of evidence, crushing my heart as i did: a single piece of plastic, listing “uni kurutoga 0.3mm”. i cried all the way back home. a month went by, and i hoped that time would heal the cracks in my heart, only to no avail. it was a one-of-a-kind pencil. i tried replacing it with your standard 0.3 mechanical pencil, but the thick lines it would consistently produce only had me thinking, “kurutoga would never do this to me.” i then switched to a more beautiful, 0.5 automatic kurutoga. it had stronger lead, it didnt break with a slight change of pressure, it turned as it should’ve. but all i could think about while using it was, “0.3 lead would bring this pencil to perfection.” it was my dream pencil. a beautiful purple-white, mechanical and firm in my hand. if not for the lead size, she would’ve been my trophy pencil, i would’ve been content, but with her resting between my fingers, my thoughts raced: “i still miss him.” my uni kurutoga, black in 0.3 lead. he ruined me for any future pencil, i must have him back. he was my rock in all of my artistic endeavors, he rekindled the hope in my eyes and showed me the stars, but all i had was fragments of him, scattered between my stationary with no hope of piecing them together and recreating the way he felt as the bridge between my body and paper. he wouldn’t—couldn’t leave my mind ever since his death. so i reordered him and hes coming back on friday. tl;dr: pencil was so good that after he died i bought him again.

for high school students it's really a great mechanical pencil

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Tratto fine e non perde mai la punta. Come sempre i giapponesi sono una garanzia sulla cancelleria.

Excelente calidad.

Nice product