STAEDTLER0.5mm Mechanical Pencil Night Blue Series (925 35-05)

This is an attractive, well made and very good quality propelling pencil, using 0.9 mm leads, which I find very good to draw with for small scale drawings. I mainly draw people. Using 2B leads in my case, it is precise, well balanced, has a good grip, is usefully designed and very likeable. It carries spare leads, plus a small built in rubber. The weight is about right. The lead never needs sharpening at this size. A versatile and fine implement. It comes in a protective plastic wrapper. Can't fault it. I carry it everywhere for sketching in small Moleskin drawing books. I recommend it unreservedly.

This is my 1st mechanical Pencil that's not just a local cheap one, so it's hard for me to compare products. But I can say this much...It is a quality productFeels very nice in my hand, and writes very smoothly. I have the 0.5mm version and I've had no lead breakage so far (after about an hour of use)Although I can't really comment on it's longevity yet, it's all metal and and seems very well made (I expect this Pencil will last as long as any other well made product)The price is great (it's 5£ more on every other site I looked at, including eBay)I like it so much I might invest in the white version (924 25) with a 2mm lead, because this lead is very fine and it might be helpful to have a thicker option for my sketchesVery highly recommended, I honestly can't imagine a £20 product being any better than this, unless I needed an auto-rotate pencil, I'd say this is the one to get, and save yourself a few poundsI know this isn't the most useful review, but you will not be disappointed in this productVery happyI might even invest in either a 2mm or 0.7/9, because my lines are very thin with this pencil and I can see a use for something with a bigg

Lovely Japanese made mechanical pencil that feels great in the hand and the fine knurling on the grip does its job perfectly without feeling too rough. Theres a nice weight to it that inspires confidence in the build quality, but light enough to not be a hindrance in use. It also looks the part in a deep metalic blue, with chrome accents. I have been using it for a while now and wish i'd made the change from normal pencils a lot sooner as its worth the price not having to constantly sharpen it. A quick click and you're ready to go.I can't comment on its durability yet, but from the look and feel of it, I think this will last a long time. I'll be sure to update if it does fail prematurely though.Edit: Just added a couple of pictures of the internals. Mine is the .5mm version and has a plastic inner tube to store the leads, but the mechanism for extending the lead is made from brass.

Leads got stuck after middling usage. I had to dismantle the pencil to clear some powdered leads. This may be because I used 4b leads which are softer. Otherwise seems to be good for ease of use.

Super quality.

Love this pencil! Very robust design, easy to use and good to look at. Bought for sketching..

This item was purchased by me very recently on Amazon; it was a case of my wanting to know what it was like, having already invested in the Rotring equivalent. Well I was not disappointed; it is an all metal job, the body is of aluminum and the inner core that holds the lead is of brass or something like that so it is robust in the extreme but that is good. Being of the knock clutch type rather than the drop clutch which seems to pervade the 2 mm types it means that when you press the button the lead advances by a tiny amount and that is good as it is easier to advance to the point you want. One thing here, it does have a lead indicator sleeve so you can put in the lead type of your choice ( HB comes as standard with this item ) and this move the dial to indicate what it is. OK some of you maybe wondering why I have not spoken about the lead pointer in the top? Well there isn't one and guess what? It's no problem, I personally prefer the lead pointers that you buy separately for pointing leads. One reason is that these pencil tops are easily lost if dropped while in the park sketching as a fore instance. Two I find that the 2 mm lead pointers that are not integral actually point better. Last I understand that none of the manufacturers seem to do these pencil caps/tops as spare items and without it the pencil is pretty useless so. Back to the good bits, it is a superbly balanced piece of kit and the knurling at the front of the pencil is amongst the best of its type on a mechanical pencil and I cannot find fault with it - so this is a tool that I would recommend either sketching/drawing or taking notes or just writing.

I bought this on the assumption since it was marked HB that it would come with a lead. My assumption was wrong, there is no lead. I shall keep it as, knowing I'd get through a few leads ,I also bought a phial of refills so I'll have to wait to see if it does work. If not, both will be returned. I feel I've been swindled for £11 here along with just under a fiver for postage. Check the seller provides you one with a lead if tempted to buy it.