#3 is the best mechanical I’ve ever owned, hands down. 3 all day long.

This one

How about none of the above? But I kind of like those triangular pencils.

Anyone who uses #7 by choice is a freak

Probably #1, I love the weight of the metal at the bottom.

Who writes with a pencil? Drawing.... Okay... But writing is what fountain pens are for.

I'd rather fucking kill myself.

I prefer 2mm mechanical pencils instead of the 0.5mm ones.

The fact that Rotring, Staedtler, Faber-Castell, and K&E mechanical pencils are missing is deeply troubling.

I also have an emotional thing for the Pentel P200 series, and the Pentel Techniclick in black has been my absolute personal favourite for light-duty scribbling and note-taking/math since the 90s.

This is the real personality tests, fuck Myers-Briggs and astrology. I need to know your choices for stationary.

Come on, where is the Pentel P200 series?

Edit: I'll take the koh-i-noor 2mm of available

Rotring rapid pro 0.7mm

Staedtler 35-05B but I guess 3 looks closest so I'll take that

No carpenter's pencil?

I do all my art with 5.

Pentel.

Always.

I prefer the p20x series personally but just about every mech pencil I've ever used from them has been excellent

I would suggest that the Dixon Ticonderoga is the most reliable, most cost-efficient, and easiest-to-use writing utinsil in the history of humanity.*

Each other option has more points of potential failure and additional complexities over the Ticonderoga. While more complicated tools may net you some improvement in writing style or sharpness, they are massive trade-offs in more basic areas.

This would be much the same question if it were "what car would you drive for the rest of your life" between fancy ones like Ferraris and Lambos to cheaper, more reliable ones like Corollas and Civics. Everyone likes the look of the Ferrari -- but the only car for the rest of your life? It's got to be reliable, or you're going nowhere. You want to be able to keep driving.

The Ticonderoga guarantees you can keep writing.

*intentionally overselling it for humor. But it is a nice, simple, good-quality pencil.

3

Wtf is this shit? No Rotring. No Alvin. No Koh-i-Noor. I guess I have to take the GraphGear, but it's under duress.

5 all the way

I'm a Pentel man but the one pictured doesn't look very comfy. I'd want something closer to #6.

A pen.

5

If I'm only allowed one type of pencil it's good old #2 (I'm more of a pen snob)

Erasable pen. Just because I'm contrary.

6 was what I ended up with after considering all options before I went fully digital.

Better grip and easy to refill

7 all the way. Though a nice metal mechanical pencil does sound nice.

No pencils. Let the record stand, cross off mistakes with a single strikethrough like a gentleman.

2

0.5mm for #1 or #3.

Get that grubby ugly 0.7mm lead outta here.

I got a Pentel with a tip like #3, so if #1 had the #3 tip I'd absolutely say #1.

My 0.7mm Pentel pencil has been the best pencil/mechanical pencil I have ever used, for the most part. It was definitely overpriced, like everything at a college bookstore, but it's been such an amazing pencil. Only problem is that I can't have it loose in the pockets of my spring jackets or it will try to poke through the cheap fabric.

Edit:

I have used 2, 5, and 7 (alongside ones of basically same design but different brand) as well, so I have no idea how good the others are.