This one spins the lead as you write so it stays sharp!
Might order the fancier metal one is this one proves to be good. But this one was available locally.
Sweet mother of god those are expensive. I’mma stick with my Staedtler pencil 2mm pencil and sharpener I’ve been using for decades now. The only real downside is I need to know someone that smokes cigarettes so I can have a ready supply of filters to replace the wiper in the sharpener.
I have a few of the plastics and they are top notch. Thanks to this post I discovered there was a metal version!
Nice. I also have 2 kuru toga. One 0.5mm and one 0.3mm.
I have the same one but with added grip for furious writing.
It’s self-vulcanizing tape.
Ah yes, the foretold Destroyer of Leads!
I have one. It is good.
This is appropriate dull content.
I’ve had my eye on the metal one for years. I just don’t really write anything by hand anymore
I’ve got the aluminum version. I absolutely could not resist the gadget factor. I almost exclusively write with a fountain pen and don’t have much use for a pencil, so that decision may have been questionable but I still stand by it.
I have one, I only really use it with my water resistant notebook with slight rain
I had the realisation that I write a decent bit for school. And I’m not at my parents’ mercy for pencils anymore, used the previous one for about 6 years. So why not buy something a bit fancier?
Fair enough. I guess I really do need to start with cert training, so maybe I’ll treat myself to one
I’ve got both the plastic and metal versions. Best mechanical pencil, ever. I’ll never go back to Pentel.
Had a Pentel Click before. The threads holding the tip in somehow broke, after only 6 years of use.
I do miss the Twisterase eraer though. This tiny one pretty much unusable
Those are great! There’s even a new one out, called kuru toga dive. It rotates the tip the same way as this version but also keeps the lead a the same length by mechanically pushing it forward ever so slightly every time the pen is pushed onto the paper. I was gifted one and really like it - they cost a fortune though
How much was it, OP?
Not OP but writing/stationary nerd. The normal kuru toga is about $9 (USD) up to $15 for limited edition ones like the Studio Ghibli collab pen or with a metal grip but plastic body. The metal is $30-50. There’s a super fancy one with extra features like auto extending lead and where you can set desired lead length. That’s like $80.
I paid 8€, which is about $9 indeed. Just a little bit more expensive than the basic plastic Pentel and the like.
Made of plastic, but seems of decent quality.
I don’t write too much but I have the metal version, it’s so nice.
Wait until you here about the Kuru Toga Dive…
I keep my Pilot H1005 preciously, but I want to try this Kuru Toga
How does that work? Is it battery powered and continuous, or is the spinning intermittent?
oh I’ve seen it’s mechanism on YouTube. it has a toothed gear that rotates with every press. so every stroke of the pencil rotates it a little.
Huh, that’s a really cool idea
Id never believed it would work nicely if people in this thread hadn’t said it’s great
With initial testing it seems to work quite well. I don’t notice the ~1mm the lead pushed in when I hit the paper.
It’s 40 “clicks” per rotation.
I do like the Kuru Toga, though I rarely write with pencil anymore
