Cross ATX Mechanical Pencil

Cross, the legendary American writing instruments producer.

Despite the fact that ATX is one of the low range series of Cross, I feel like it really is a charming one. You can feel the premium quality even at your very first touch to the pencil.

Thanks to its chrome body, oven dried coating and twist turn mechanism it durable and looks elegant.

The Cross ATX mechanical pencil comes in a rigid smart Cross box. Pencil looks slightly chubby and fits in your hand well and never slips. Also its chrome ring, clip and tip provides a really stylish look.

This wonderful pencil never leaves you unless it gets lost thanks to Cross Lifetime Warranty. When you take your Cross to local service a repair or an exchange if defintely being offered.

You can reach the lead fill by tearing to parts apart from the middle. There is a really succesfull eraser at this part as well which I couldn't dare to use yet. One of the best feature of this pencil is that it allows the lead to bend while it pushes to paper which helps to prevent lead to break. It works so good that even at hardest or lowest quality leads, they never ever break. (Unless you push so hard intentionally)

Also you can configure your own Cross ATX by getting your name written down on clip side area. The price is around 55-65 $ which is relatively expensive but really low for a Cross branded pencil.

Pros:

+ Really elegant gift box
+ Lifetime Cross Warranty
+ Top quality materials
+ Wonderful design
+ No lead breaking
+ Configurable

Cons:

- Really there is no negative points about this pencil

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Pentel P203 & P205

What is a mechanical pencil?

Answer: Pentel P200 series.

Strong, stylish, simple and comfortable. This one is a real classic! I am almost about to say this one is the best mechanical pencil in the world.

P200 is a really lightweight pencil. I have P203 with 0.3 mm lead and P205 with 0.5 mm lead. Colors are brown and black. Also you can find P207 in blue and P209 in yellow.

At the back you can find a relatively big eraser with cleaning wire. Metal clip is removable. High quality plastic body and knurls at the grip are sticking the pencil in your hand while the metal nib is allowing a wide view and holding the lead tight.

Price range might be relatively high for a pencil with this kind of material but I can say this pencil deserves more than this. Now, I'm cutting this article short and leaving you with some beautiful pictures of this massive classic.

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Moleskine Rollerball Pen

Moleskine which is especially known with its luxury pens begin notebook production recently.

We can state this pen as a rectangular prism with its innovative design. But when it comes to quality, this pen fails unexpectedly! It has a simple ink holder like Chinese cheap rollerballs. Also body paint is getting off easily in few weeks of usage.

It is not ergonomic with its retangular shape and also slipping after 15 minutes of usage due to black shining paint. But I must admit that it looks really really stylish. 

Paint at the clip gets off by time as you can see at the picture above.

If you are looking for a good-looking pen and design concerns are above any other, Moleskine rollerball can be an option. But when its about writing, I have large question marks!

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Carl Angel 5 Pencil Sharpener

Here we have a real legend!

Usage of this kind of sharpeners are decreasing. Pencil sharpeners are much more smaller today. Also there are more colorful and technological options like electrical ones as well. 

When it comes to pencil sharpening, Carl Angel 5 is the exact partner!

Japanese production with solid metal frame is really strong. I have a relatively new one, 3 years old but I have some friends still using some Carl's from 1970's. Desk fastening tool is allowing you to use it with one hand to promote multitasking :) 

Carl Angel 5 makes the tip of the pencil really slim and sharp to allow precise writing last longer. When the pencil is sharpened enough it looses the blades to say that its over. When its done you can see the beautiful wood trash below.

Also small tooth traces on holding points are resulting really cool marks on the pencil.

Pros;

+ Life time usage

+ Extremely good performance

+ Cool imprint on pencils

Cons;

- Unmovable

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Pentel GraphGear 1000

I would like to tell my conclusion here at the beggining: FABULOUS

Pentel GraphGear 1000 seems to be a drafting pencil at first sight but it is really successful at writing as well. Metal body provides strength and really good look to this pencil. Knurls and plastic elliptic dots at the grip are doing pretty well enough to prevent slip from your fingers. They are performing amazingly good even at hours of usage.

Japanese technology is showing off at the clip. When its turned on it takes the nib inside the pencil to save your pockets and the sleeve of the pencil. Also you can attached your papers to this clip up to 10-15 pages successfully. Pentel GraphGear 1000 is available with sizes 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 and 0.9 all indicated with branding in different colors. Regarding the price I can say its mid-low which can be considered as a real bargain with its high quality.

Only negative point of the pen is; lead indicator is really really tight. You must loosen the tip a bit to rotate the lead indicator and tighten it back again to fasten. It is not that kind of a big trouble for me as I do not use the indicator a lot but those who were in need of it might be looking for a bit easier ones to adjust.

Pros;
+ Great metal body and gorgeous design
+ Strong clip can be used as a paper clip
+ Pocket safe clip mechanism
+ Really really succesful grip design
+ Wide lead thickness range

Cons;
- Slightly high price – I think it worths
- Hard to adjust lead indicator

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