PentelSharp Kerry Mechanical Pencil (0.7mm), Black Barrel, 1 Pen (P1037A)

This is not only a comfortable mechanical pencil but also a very durable one with a high-quality build and perfect weight-size ratio. Great piece of engineering has gone to the eraser build. Pencil lead hardly ever breaks. Has a very smooth feel not found on pencils in general. However, goes through the lead a bit faster than ordinary 0.7 mm mechanical pencils. Enables the writer to write calculations and print in a clear and organized way, with a bold touch.This probably is the best 0.7mm pencil on the market in my view and its function surpasses its price.A very good deal.Update: This mechanical pencil handles severe shock from dropping. More importantly, if the cap is on one notices that it will almost always fall on its side thereby landing flat on the metal side. Damage is minimal, not even a scratch from my droppings. If this center of gravity balancing was of deliberate design, the engineers are geniouses.Update 2: It seems the only reason one would have to buy this pencil again is when losing it. Thus I have bought a few when I lost one in some way. I can say my pencils have been dropped and machine washed in the past accidentally only to look exactly the same as new ones in pictures. Amazing workmanship.

i just recieved back surgery for spondylolasthesis... painful, and i have been out of school for a month. i received a gift card from family for amazon and looked for a nice mechanical pencil and pen to help me through the strenuous make up work i had ahead of me. i chose this wonderful pencil... which yes, does have an eraser (take the cap off the point end and replace it on the other side. then, take off the little metal cap that you click to advance the lead... there it is)which i don't use because it is small and i don't want to buy replacements. i use a "Faber Castell DUST-FREE 18 71 20 Clean and Soft Erasing" as an eraser for the KERRY pencil. for lead, i recomend using "Pentel super hi-polymer leads. i chose the 0.7mm version out of pure preferance... i write with heavy hands and require thick lead sizes (i haven't broken any lead yet... AMAZING for me). i have no complaints with this pencil, in fact i love everything about it, the way the cap recaps on the other side and adds the perfect balance while writing, the look of the grille and metallic black finish (its survived many drops... not even a scratch), and most of all how smooth/comfortably it writes which is important when you have hours and hours of tutors, make up work, and even pleasure writing ahead of you (its best use). i deeply thank pentel and all of its manufacturors as well as goldenflyfisher (my shipper)for this (yet another) wonderful product by pentel. if any-one has any question about this pencil leave it in as a review for this item... i will check daily and get back to you (i have little - no doubt that you love this pencil).p.s. the pen i chose (5 stars... two thumbs up) is the "Pilot Varsity disposable fountain pen - black ink"

Pencil has good weight, feels right, very limited lead breaks and looks good!!

This pencil is probably the best ~13 bucks I ever spent. I love everything about this pencil. The sleeve (little metal bit at the tip) is the perfect size: long enough to use as a basic drafting pencil if necessary, but not too long that the lead loses its integrity when writing quickly. So its good for both writing and drafting :DIt's also pocket safe; the cap snaps snugly over the fixed sleeve. The lead-tube is metal and wide enough to hold a lot of lead at a time. If I remember correctly, it comes with 6 sticks of lead already inside. The only potential problem I see with the length of the lead-tube is that sometimes larger leads won't fit all the way into the tube because it is relatively shorter than most pencils. But that isn't too much of a worry; pentel lead @ 60 mm fits in perfectly. I like to use Pentel HB lead in my pencil; the pencil just seems made for using Pentel lead.I got the .7mm rather than the .5mm really as a matter of preference. I have a really heavy hand when I write, so I have to use at least .7mm lead. But despite the pressure I apply when writing, I haven't experienced any lead breaks with this pencil (which is AMAZING, especially because I've gone through about 30 sticks of lead so far).Some common, and valid complaints include an eraser that's too small and not using all of the lead. I got around the small eraser by making fewer mistakes and carrying around a Staedtler Mars Plastic eraser. As for lead, there's some ebay folks who sell legitimate Pentel lead at very decent prices. You can try to buy bulk lead on Amazon, but just make sure that the seller doesn't charge shipping for each pack of lead.The chrome grille looks pretty bitchin' too.