Mitsubishi 9852EW Wooden Pencil Review
The Mitsu-Bishi 9852EW is a rare beast: a Japanese pencil with an eraser. It's reasonably priced and is for Master Writing, whatever that is. Price: $1.30 (USA) Lead grade options:…
Pentel GraphGear 1000 Mechanical Pencil Review
Pentel make some wonderful mechanical pencils. The Twist uses the best eraser mechanism there is, the P200 series is one of the best budget pencils and the Graph 1000 has…
Tombow 2558 Wooden Pencil Review
The Tombow 2558 is a simple yellow pencil for, in Tombow’s own words, “general writing”. Price: $1 to $1.20 each Lead grade options: H, HB, B Barrel colours: Only yellow…
Cult Pencil Mechanical Pencil Review
Cult Pens have teamed up with Kaweco to make a fountain pen, Diamine to make a range of inks and, more recently, a mystery Japanese manufacturer to make this mechanical…
Mitsubishi 9850 Wooden Pencil Review
The Mitsu-bishi 9850 is a mighty fine cedar pencil with, unusually for a Japanese pencil, an eraser. It's purpose is printed proudly on one side: "Smooth writing pencil for office…