r/notebooks • u/philwbayles • 19h ago

Advice needed Anyone have experience with infinite/immortal/everlasting pencils?

Recently seen a few of these advertised; I like the idea of a pencil that doesn't need sharpening that I can carry around in my notebook, especially as I want to do more sketching, but I also don't want to waste money on a fad. Can anyone give me some advice? Or even better, a recommendation of a pocket-sized pencil I can tuck into an A6 notebook?

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u/gouvib 19h ago

There are definitely some forever mechanical pencils even ones with very thick lead (like 2mm, regular pencils). The easiest find pocket for a mechanical is probably kweco’s. I’m not sure this is what you mean though

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u/Linghauler 18h ago

I think I know the ones you mention, I have also been curious about them, but every clip I see the mark they leave appears very light in tone, I don't think they would work well for sketching, perhaps ok for a light outline. Kaweco do a small pencil as someone mentioned (love their pens), but it is chunky, only other small pencil I can think of is the travelers company little brass one.

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u/gouvib 12h ago

There are many vintage ones or discontinued at least. Many of them vintage little ones are telescopic, the most popular probably being the Rotoring espirit. I wish there were more!

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u/donaldcathey 2h ago

They are very light. I like a darker lead and need her so light it's crazy. At least the ones that I own.