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Received as a gift, and was so pleased that I purchased another one. Nice length, weight, and balance. I use these types of pencils or "lead holders" almost daily for sketching and art work. The quality of this one is as good as it gets. All brass internal barrel, strong and positive clutch system. Great quality. I took apart my $50 German Kaweco and this $7 Art Alternative and could not differentiate between the two except for the outside barrel composition. It is also interesting to note that all the parts were completely interchangeable between the two. The three 2B soft leads that are included are dense, strong, and of excellent quality. The cap sharpener works great and the tin box is a nice touch. This is the perfect gift for any artist. Lots of other graphite, colored, and highlighter leads are available. Both the 5.5 mm and 5.6mm leads fit perfectly in this pencil. I will be buying a few more for myself as well as for gifts.
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This great clutch pen was purchased to replace one I'd bought at 3 times the price of this one. I am just as pleased with the quality with this purchase as I was with the original but even happier that at this price I could purchase two plus pay for shipping. Now I keep one in my briefcase for sketching on the go, and the other at the office for quick use on the job. I am an architect so my real pleasure in design lies in those first sketches of an idea. This pencil is an indispensible part of my tools.Best Deals for Art Alternatives Pocket Clutch Pencil Set
The plastic holder in the case that keeps everything in place as you can see in the above picture is useless, as is the gum eraser. It smears more than it actually erases. But the pencil itself is well worth the asking price. There's a convenient twist off sharpener at the tip which is great because I always lose my sharpeners. Every so often it tends to build up graphite in the body of the pencil. After a little trial and error I realized that it did so because I was turning the pencil into the sharpener and not vise versa. If I had one of these when I was a kid I could of saved a tree's worth of pencils.Honest reviews on Art Alternatives Pocket Clutch Pencil Set
I bought this pencil because of the positive reviews and now I am shocked the other reviewers did not have any problems. Mine broke on the first day. The design is really simple but it looks like its fastened together in a way that will inevitably fail. The piece that grips the lead is simply crimped to the shaft that runs to the top of the pencil. There's a very strong, two inch spring that is compressed down to half that length. I'm assuming the pressure from the spring caused the crimping to give, but maybe I got a defective unit.The lead is good, at least, but the eraser is terrible.
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