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Originally Posted by MarjaE
So what do you find helpful when writing with pencil and paper?
I need a pencil and a hard surface to write. Usually a clipboard...
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I don't use paper and pencil for much besides crossword puzzles, but my brother turned me into a mechanical pencil collector for a while – he collected for years – so I've got a bunch of them. Probably my favorite, the one I use the most, is a PaperMate Cassette Advancer Pencil 0.05mm. (Say that with one breath.) That, and a cheap Saunders "made in the U.S.A." clipboard from Walmart and I'm good to go.
I like the weight and feel of the PaperMate Advancer. For a while there were a lot of cassette mechanical pencils. Scripto, Berol, Sanford, PaperMate, Schaeffer – and probably several others – sold them. I guess the idea was that you never had to touch the lead. These were all either manufactured by (or licensed to) Kotobuki, a Japanese pen and pencil company that holds more mechanical pencil patents than any other company in the world.
https://data.epo.org/publication-ser.../document.html
You can still find these Advancers. A stationary company has been selling them for years on eBay and Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Papermate-Cas...7364593&sr=8-1
Finding the original cartridges is about impossible, but you can refill them.
What I did, though, is bought these cartridges (you won't be able to use the cap). 600 leads for about $8.50 and it's good, high quality, smooth lead. The erasers are dried up though, so you'll have to find another source for them.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Paper-Mate-...b341%7Ciid%3A1
The clipboard...
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Saunders-...Clip/130584306
As usual, I ramble way too long on these things. Sorry.