A pen.

5 all the way

3

Erasable pen. Just because I'm contrary.

0.5mm for #1 or #3.

Get that grubby ugly 0.7mm lead outta here.

6 was what I ended up with after considering all options before I went fully digital.

Better grip and easy to refill

5

Five, but I want the 0.9mm and not the 0.7.

No carpenter's pencil?

I got a Pentel with a tip like #3, so if #1 had the #3 tip I'd absolutely say #1.

My 0.7mm Pentel pencil has been the best pencil/mechanical pencil I have ever used, for the most part. It was definitely overpriced, like everything at a college bookstore, but it's been such an amazing pencil. Only problem is that I can't have it loose in the pockets of my spring jackets or it will try to poke through the cheap fabric.

Edit:

I have used 2, 5, and 7 (alongside ones of basically same design but different brand) as well, so I have no idea how good the others are.

Rotring rapid pro 0.7mm

7 all the way. Though a nice metal mechanical pencil does sound nice.

I guess I'm the only one but 7 is underrated

Come on, where is the Pentel P200 series?

Edit: I'll take the koh-i-noor 2mm of available

2. Always and forever.

I'm a Pentel man but the one pictured doesn't look very comfy. I'd want something closer to #6.

#2

We’ve taken way too many things that don’t need to be plastic and made them plastic

If I am somehow without my 0.9mm Graphgear 500 then I would have to go with 1.

Honorable mention: at one of my D&D sessions they had non-mechanical D&D pencils where each side had a number, effectively turning it into a d6.

I have been using 3 for the last 6 or so years. I also like 1 and 4. Can't go wrong with 2.

There are no drafting pencils.

Zebra M-402, which I've used exclusively for at least 20 years. (The same one.)

Followed closely by the Ticonderoga.

I've got to try #1

https://a.co/d/gLAwp98

Only answer

#3 for me. Keeps my handwriting just a little bit more legible.

#4 doesn't work for my writing style it seems. I end up wearing large flats on the lead anyways.

(ingoring the diameter)

Apparently!

You can pry my Twist-Erase from my cold dead arthritic hands.