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      1126 days ago

      I’m surprised nobody else has rotring… my favorite by a considerable amount. Second place goes to the Uni Kuro Toga. Both fantastic pencils, but the weight and feel of the rotring 600 just leaves everything else in the dust

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        326 days ago

        The rotring is super smooth, but its so heavy. I wanted it to be my favorite, but I ended up reaching for the kuro toga far more. Doesnt help that the tip of the rotring bent and dented out on the first drop. I bent it back and it still works, as long as I don’t rotate it.

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        226 days ago

        So I thought the uni would be a neat way to use thicker lead but avoid the weird slant in longer sessions. But I don’t write in kanji (sp?) and with my mutated cursive alot of my letters string together. So the rotation is not nearly enough, and I end up still getting the weird slant thing on my lead. Only then it’s worse because after I build up a flat surface, it rotates a little bit and then the edge is all wrong.

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      226 days ago

      Full metall you say? Damnn.

      I didn’t know about this brand and now I have been pushed into extensive research of their whole lineup of mechanical pens.

      The 800 looks amazing but I’ve heard some people complaining about the nib being a bit wobbly, is that true in your experience?

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        225 days ago

        I don’t have a problem with the tip being wobbly, but it’s definitely a concern. I think its just a problem that you would get with any retractable tip pencil.

        IMO, even if it did wobble, it’s worth the inconvenience. I used to have a mechanical pencil with a non-retractable tip & one drop ruined it.

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        226 days ago

        IIRC the 600 is pretty much the same pencil but with a non retractable tip. It might be better for you unless you carry it around.