Why Are Drafting Pencils So Expensive? ✨✏️

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0:00 Intro
0:22 What Makes A Drafting Pencil A Drafting Pencil?
0:54 Drafting Pencil Characteristics
3:17 Recommendations
6:35 Outro

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[JetPens]

Have you ever tried a drafting pencil? Let us know which one you would get from our video in the comments!

[CristiNeagu]

Definitely the Rotring 600. My mom used their liners professionally for decades. Top company for technical drawing.

[Shenkie]

During my time in uni (Civil Engineering), we mainly used Rotring 600 and Pentel P205 mechanical pencils. Real workhorses. I later got a Graphgear 1000, Rotring 800 and Uniball Kuru Toga Roulette. I can't recommend the Rotring 800 (not the 800+ !) enough. Not just for writing, drafting and doodling, but also for fidgeting during meetings. Fidgeting durings meetings is very much underestimated and underappreciated.

[soylencer]

I want to point out another common feature of Drafting pencils: ISO Standard color coding/address for lead thickness. For example, ~.3mm is often coded with yellow, while .7mm is blue. This is both for convenience and sight-validation of tools; as the thickness of a line becomes a measuring issue with technical drawing and drafting. Staedtler, around 5:03, for example, features this coding on most of their drafting pencils (the visible brown ring in the video indicates a ~.5mm thickness), while their premium/lifestyle aluminum 925 uses the ISO color in the print stamped on the eraser cap (which is not visible on the video).

[kdbyb]

A coworker purchased a Graphi-gear 1000 for me. It's a very, very nice pencil!

[cfcalle]

I used the rOtring 600 during my entire career in university as an architectural engineer. Currently, I use the Pentel Graph gear 1000 as a professional. I'd recommend rOtring for hand drafting because the weight balance feels better while drawing, and the graph gear for doing hand calculations since it's lighter and has a more comfortable grip. Both are great choices 👍

[harvardford]

I just wanted to say, I'm charmed that you pronounced Rotring and Steadler impeccably as a German would. Wunerbar!

[maggyfrog]

a very well-balanced drafting pencil gives a certain satisfaction that one just doesn't get in other engineered drawing tools. the weight of the barrel, the feel of the material, the way that the lead feels when you become used to handling a drafting pencil as opposed to regular wooden pencils or very light-weight mechanical pencils. it's just an amazing drawing tool.

[dezopenguin]

My 0.3mm Graphgear 1000 is definitely my favorite pencil that I've ever used, suiting my hyper-tiny handwriting while remaining comfortable.

[BLWard-htqw]

Been a fan of a particular low cost Skilcraft mechanical pencil for years and though intrigued by drafting pencils, I resisted that move even with my stationery addiction due to their cost. $75 in JetPen gift cards for Xmas changed that tune and a Rotring 600 quickly joined the ranks. As a small printer, I appreciate its weight and firmness, they oddly help with control.

[deita]

I have rotring 800 which was my dream pencil for a long time and finally got it when I got my first paycheck🎉
drafting pencils will always have a place in my heart

[leothefirst]

You forgot to mention one of the most unique aspects of drafting pencils. They are usually available in the full drafting ranger, that is 0.9, 0.7, 0.5 and 0.3, and for some even 0.4 and 2.0mm.

[jaxsanders]

Before I started getting serious hand pain, this applied physicist swore by the Pentel Sharp drafting pencil for everything. Uni Alpha Gel Slims are the best thing I've found so far with a truly ergo grip...

[sherrycohen]

I never new before that I needed a drafting pencil. Thank you.

[mentatphilosopher]

I have been using mechanical drafting pencils for a long, LONG time and I always thought that the wire under the eraser was part of the feed mechanism. Never knew it was a clean-out (or should it be clear-out) rod. I cannot say, though, I have experienced many lead jams or perhaps I just solved that problem by shaking the pencil up and down.

[deltawing]

My favorite was the Rotring Tikky T type pencil. It was released after the 1979 debut of the basic Tikky series which were light brown. The T series had purple-ish body color and the color codes engineers used for tip width were represented in a small ring. The magnificence of T lied in the sliding sleeve. There are many sliding sleeve pencils in history but the T was especially designed for engineers working with Rotring rulers. The sleeve would not fully retract, a length little more than thickness of Rotring rulers always remained posted. This way the sleeve could adjust to the wear of lead but would never slide back so much that the ruler would touch the conical part so straight lines would remain straight.

[sophiaisabelle]

We will always suppprt this channel. They're one of the best.

[jonakason]

I´ve had the Rotring 600 since more than 20 years ago. It´s still looks like new and to me it´s the best ever made

[SMEARGLEX]

I personally own a Limited Edition STAEDTLER Hexagonal. Not a fan of the rubber Coating that peels off very quickly, but it is quite a lovely Pencil I use on a Daily Basis.

[humanthetooth]

My favorite mechanical pencil is the Tombow graph, not sure if its a drafting pencil but it has similar features to the pencils in the video, like shake to click lead release and also has a longer than average -and replaceable!- extendable twist eraser, so you never have to worry about using it up.