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Kuru Toga
The Kuru Toga is my new favorite mechanical pencil.
Grade: A
The key innovation is its new lead advancing mechanism that rotates the lead to always keep the graphite sharp. It works perfectly.
The pencil is light and made of a high quality plastic. The grip is clear so that you can see the rotation mechanism work. It writes pretty smoothly.
The only weakness is that plastic used in the grip is slightly slippery.
The Kuru Toga has replaced the Zebra as the mechanical pencil with which I do my drafting work. Every single person to whom I’ve showed the pencil ends up buying it.
I really want to see Uniball start making premium versions of this pencil (rubber grips, metal, etc). This could be their mechanical pencil platform for the next decade.
Do yourself a favor, buy one.
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Uniball Signo Bit 0.7
A+
I tested the needle point. It’s just a great pen. No bleeding. Nice control. The grip is great (except that it’s a little too narrow).
There not much to say except that I love this pen.
The ink is a smear proof gel ink. It produces a nice skip free, consistent thickness line. No ink bleeding. Nick thick ink. The needle point feels very sturdy and won’t break under fast, high pressure writing.
The barrel is nice. It’s clear and it’s easy to see the amount of ink.
My only gripe is that is that the barrel is too narrow and too short. This is a minor criticism. If you have large hands or thick fingers, then this pen is not for you. I hope uniball makes a thicker version of the Bit.
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Uni-ball Jetstream: The World’s Best
This is probably the world’s best ballpoint pen.
It’s got a smooth hybrid ink. The ink flows well and produces a skip-free dark line. The ink is a cross between a gel and a traditional ballpoint ink. I like the blue ink better than the black.
The rubberized barrel is the perfect length and weight. It has a professional look about it.
The pen is best experienced in the retractible form.
