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Originally Posted by Seeya
I don't know if your trying to be smart.. but that doesn't answer his question.
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I dont think i was being smart, but if you want to go that route... theres 3 answers to this question:
Q."Whats the point of a high quality mechanical pencil?"
a1. me buying a 500 dollar pencil is the same as others buying a car, a pencil means alot to me (assuming "the point" was his personal reason)
a2. Art and Drawing
Different things may be important for artistic drawing and sketching, compared to technical drawing - though some artists prefer drafting pencils. A pencil for sketching is likely to be a more subjective and individual thing, but here are some of the more important considerations...
* Available lead hardnesses: not really anything to do with the pencil as such, but a range of hardnesses can be as important to an artist as a range of widths - maybe more so. Some hardnesses are only available in certain widths (Pilot ENO lead has the widest range), with 0.5mm usually having the best range. If this is important to you, check that you can get the right width of lead for the pencil you're considering, in the hardnesses you want to use.
* Balance: because sketching and drawing is usually done with faster movements than technical drawing, the balance of the pencil is more important. You may only find out by experimenting if you prefer a light or heavy pencil, and if you prefer the weight to be mainly towards the tip, or towards the centre. Try a few pens and pencils you have, to see which feel better balanced in your hand, then work out where the weight of them is concentrated.
* Thick leads: some artists use 0.5mm mechanical pencils, but most prefer thicker leads. Mechanical pencils are only commonly available with 0.9mm leads, but Faber-Castell make some with 1.4mm leads (for the e-Motion), and Pilot make a special artist's pencil, the Croquis, with 3.8mm leads.
* Portability: if you like to be able to sketch anywhere, you need to make sure your pencil is portable enough to be with you when you want it.
For drawing and sketching, you may also want to look at clutch pencils, which are are available with 2mm or thicker leads.
(assuming "the point" is the actual functionality of having a HQ mechanical pencil vs. a little BIC one)
a3. The part that is most likely to pierce your skin (assuming "the point" is the point)
As to the reason why that question was asked in the first place, i feel it was an attempt of one artist to undermine another.
04-17-2010, 09:52 PM
of course, the usability has to be top aswell!
a pretty cool resource - it even has a "pencil finder" where you put in the specs u want and it searchs for a match... everything i find is >75$
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