Uni Kuru Toga Mechanical Pencil, Silver

Description

Mechanical pencils rule. But, if you’ve ever used one – you know how it goes. You start out great, but as you use the pencil more and more, the lead wears down on one side, forming a weird-shaped tip. Each time you put the lead to the page you end up with a different thickness of lead, depending on how you hold the pencil. This can cause dramatic and unsightly variations in line thickness as you write or draw.

r

We know now that you think about it, it does dive you a little nuts. Well… the smart people over at Mitsubishi have solved this problem you didn’t even realize you had!

r

The Kuru Toga uses an ingenious lead rotation mechanism that continually rotates the pencil lead as you write. A spring-loaded clutch twists the lead incrementally every time you lift the pencil from the paper. This allows a uniform wearing of the lead to create a conical tip shape that provides a fine, consistent line. Woah – a self-sharpening pencil? Yup.

r

r
• Capped eraser (under the clicker)

r

• Measures: 9.7 mm dia., 5.7″ long

r

• Refillable lead and erasers

r

• Lead diameter: 0.5 mm

r