Platinum Pro-Use 1000A Pencil with 0.3mm Lead

Very sad to see a wonderful pencil destroyed due to poor shipping and handling. Since that was handled by Amazon, I know it wasn't the seller's fault. But the lead sleeve is clearly bent. Sadly I had to return this.:(

Rly fun to draw with

this is the greatest .3 mm pencil ever- why was it so hard to discover? been using .3 pencils for drawing for 35+ years and have tried any quality pencil I could find. old Rotrings were my favorites for their quality and substantial feel but even if you can find them they are ridiculously costly. Alvin Draftmatics are reliable but boring. Staedtler were pretty but seemed to have a major design flaw, at least for the .3 size, in that the leads were consistently being broken inside when being advanced. And the feel and heft of none of the above alternatives above is nearly as nice as this pencil. I did get gouged on the shipping costs ($12.37 for 2 little pencils?) and the packing was pretty crappy (just tossed into an oversized padded envelope with nothing to protect the rather delicate tips) but these pencils are terrific and I'm going to order more sometime soon from someone else who will hopefully not charge so much for shipping and put a little more care into packaging.

I think I like this better than the Graphgear 1000. This has a much more refined feel, more correct lighter weight, less nacho extreme type of clip, smaller smoother grip, better construction. Would I want a tip that's more protected, sure, but I think I can engineer a cap if I'm that concerned. And I think it's useful to mention that smart people buy a Pentel Clic Eraser. That thing in under the cap, that's only for emergencies.

being a tattoo artist I find myself doing a lot of drawing for customers requests and I highly recommend these pencils they are affordable and great quality I keep this in my best pencils bag.