Doing Your Best and Tips on Continuous Improvement

Re:Doing Your Best and Tips on Continuous Improvement by weaksauce on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @12:18PM (#2067667)

Going along with the buy the best tool thinking I have labored for a while to find the best mechanical pencil that I could find. The 0.3mm Alvin draft/matic pencil has so much to like. Cheap, balanced to the grip, substantial feel, not too thin, cushion tip (like the expensive cross ones) and best of all it leads to an incredible precision in writing.

I LOVE this pencil.

See a review of it here: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1318182/review_alvi...

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Re:Doing Your Best and Tips on Continuous Improvement by Periodic on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @02:54PM (#2068194)

I've been in love with the Zebra M-402. I've had two of them now for a few years and they're still going strong. They have a very solid metal build, so they rarely break leads and the advancement mechanism hasn't failed me yet.

I will look into those Alvin pencils.

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Re:Doing Your Best and Tips on Continuous Improvement by pasbesoin on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @12:35PM (#2067730)

I've been looking to replace a lost Koh I Noor Rapidomatic about which I had (have) similar feelings. (The older, brass barrel ones are no longer available, even on eBay.) I'll give this a try, albeit perhaps in the 0.5 mm format.

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Re:Doing Your Best and Tips on Continuous Improvement by weaksauce on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @01:09PM (#2067861)

I have the complete set from 0.3 to 0.9 and they are all equally well made. I got mine on amazon with prime and it was free shipping / no tax.

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