The Best Pencils for Writing and Schoolwork

[@TsnBanks]

stumbled on this, and I immediately thought of Ticonderoga as it was my favourite when i was in still in college. That being said, I havent used a pencil in a very long time. I have a few pens I like now a days but I really did prefer using a pencil for taking all my notes.

[@ethanmccorkle6693]

The Ticonderoga black is my go to choice for school and even sketching. It’s the jack plane of pencils.

[@abe2613]

The Palomino Blackwing could be a 2B, which would explain their "half the pressure, twice the speed." The writing does seem slightly darker. 2B lead requires less pressure to leave the same amount of lead as HB, since 2B is softer.

[@TheAkashicTraveller]

Maybe, 2B's the standard basic pencil in the UK not that that's really relevant.

[@CrimsonNClova]

No offense, but all these pencils look weak. Where are those thick, black graphite pencils that I used, as a kid in the 1980s, that were so dark and gave off so much lead that they smudged? The graphite was like charcoal. They were painted black, with gold lettering, and were really solid. I need some of those.

[@Feuerspray31]

I'm guessing those were Mirado Black Warrior pencils.

[@chicagotypewriter2094]

No offense, but the pencils I got from India would blow these out of the water any day! I tried a couple, Doms, Apsara, Faber Castell, Nataraj, Classmate, but my fav would have to be the Apsara, as I think it had the best lead quality & is iconic. However, all of them (when converted to USD) are SUPER cheap. We're talking 10 or 12 + complimentary sharpener + eraser on the Doms for 50 INR! (Like 65 cents!) The wood is beautiful & the pencil just looks great! Nice blue & white striping & silver printing No eraser tho, but that's what the better complimentary rubber is for! And oh my gosh, the lead is so dark & smooth in all of them. Asian stationery hits different. That said, it costs a ton to get them in the US, so I like picking up stationery in India when my family visits each summer

[@TarekMidani]

I've used the faber castel as a kid. Loved it. When I moved to the US ironically everything sold here seems to be the cheap stuff 10 for $1. I was taken aback coming from a "poorer" country

[@birdy369]

Its a shame about the Dixon Ticonderoga, as well as the Mirado. Both companies have fallen off TERRIBLY in their quality. They're no longer the best pencils... usually. Depends on the box you buy honestly. But they're NOT the quality they used to be

[@fatshibaballs]

Mirado Black warriors are honestly still pretty good.

[@frootylupus]

I’ve been using Ticonderoga pencils for my exams and it wastes sm time sharpening! they break atleast 3 times throughout the test and the lead feels loose 90% of the time

[@poopconsumer1234]

@@frootylupusit happens to me too i honestly thought it was a me problem

[@frootylupus]

@@poopconsumer1234 I recently bought a Japanese sharpener and it stopped the lead from feeling loose and sharpens fast, but the pencil itself gets dull super fast still :/

[@chicagotypewriter2094]

These definitely used to have a much more pleasant smell. Same with the Black Warriors. Funnily enough, I went to private school for some time bc my dad's work paid for it & our default pencil was the Black Warrior so I prized the seemingly "rare" Dixon Ticonderogas!

[@blueblousedesigns]

The Dixon Ticonderoga and The Paper mate Everstrong are recommended for standardized testing with Scantrons

[@greekveteran2715]

I like to write with the Uni Star Mitsubishi Master Writer model!! I also like Blackwings (602/Pearl) and from the mechanical pencils, I love the Pentel Graphgear 500 0.5mm and the Pentel Kerry!!! For drawing/sketching, my picks are: Graphgear 500. Faber Castell 9000/Aquarelle and Pitt Matt, Lead holders like TK 9400/TK4600, Staedtler 780,Kohinoor 5340/5347 and my top lead holder, a German cousin of the Kohinoor 5616 (best pencil for graphite sketching along with the more versatilem,Kohinoor 5340, are my top 2 sketching pencils ever!!

[@fuelvolts]

Team Dixon Ticonderoga!

[@Enrico-]

Aka 🇺🇸

[@konami1979]

@@Enrico- Unfortunately, they're no longer made in the USA.

[@josephwilson-doan4163]

Basic.

[@SeanRileyTalksMovies]

My fav is the black one

[@sherrycohen1824]

I love, love, love stationery. I switch between pencils, gel pens, and my favorite - fountain pens. I must say that I hate to see the eraser on a pencil used. It must remain perfect. Use a block eraser or wedge eraser instead! As for sharpeners, I have a Bostich one from BJ's on my desk that sharpens quickly and perfectly. For my everyday carry, I use a blue round Staedtler from Staples.

[@sbrown4556]

I feel the same way. I never want my eraser used at all. Thought it was just me :-)

[@oui_505]

I use the Master Art Computer Pencils and the Steadler 13212 I can't decided which one is the best

[@endezeichengrimm]

The Staedtler Norica is also a great value option. The graphite formula is better than the regular blackwing.

[@fredk1256]

I really like Musgrave pencils, made in Tennessee USA!

[@jabrower]

Mike! Well done man! Just saw this while researching for my cutting boards and saw you! Lots of Ticonderoga around here but I will be picking up a Blackwing shorlty.

[@alexblue6991]

I have worked as a joiner for fifty years I always had a few pencils in my toolbox and van even sometimes behind my ear Alec from Scotland

[@TheAkashicTraveller]

MY main issue with blackwing is that you can't pick the paint sperate from the graphite, or that they put glossy on them at all. Glossy paint on a pencil is just slippery and uncomfortable for me.

[@migyverman]

You would be just as happy with a Moon Products pencil or the USA Gold or Titanium or even a Musgrave or General. Lots of other choices.

[@acompletelyrandomusername]

Why am I here watching this?

[@CubicleConcepts]

fr

[@oliverjurick467]

My favorite type of pencils are the Target brand No. 2 Pencils. They are the cheapest pencils at target, sharpen very easily, write amazingly, and have a great eraser.

[@michaelleftwich8186]

Ticonderoga here. But, I find the Staedtler Norica blue 13246 pencil pretty good too. Mirado Black Warriors aren't bad either.

[@rayster9916]

i like usa titanium

[@Feuerspray31]

Yeah they DESTROY Ticonderoga in my opinion. The only little niggle I have with them is the lettering rubs off with use. That's not a deal breaker by any stretch, but it annoys me.

[@Foreman-pig]

Tell me that pencil sharpener name

[@Foreman-pig]

Nvm

[@matthewhayes9734]

It’s apparent to me the reviewer doesn’t actually ever write with pencils. He didn’t sharpen with a long point sharpener first of all. The writing was sloppy with little care.

[@sbrown4556]

Finding the right pencil type, or lead grade, is the easy part. Finding the best *paper* on which to write *with a pencil and not with a pen* is not discussed anywhere in the world. And I said write -- not sketch, not draw, not color. 2B pencil writing on a thin but textured paper -- you experience that once and you will search for a place to get that paper for the rest of your life, and you will never use HB again.

[@sodium303]

i also prefer 2B over HB. but you know faber castell HB (not the silver one like in this video, i'm referring to the classic red ones) is honestly enough even if you can't get/use/find a 2B

[@endezeichengrimm]

Ticonderoga's are made in various places. Mexico, China, who knows where else... The Mexico ones I got are incense cedar and definitely have a good smell.

[@Theonlymayz]

I’m looking for a cedar cologne and thought of this

[@robbiewilliamson357]

to give my credentials: i’m supposed to be mensa smart, made it through highschool and partied out of college. went to rehab twice and jail a bunch. got my sht together without going to prison. now at 34 my job consists of 50% drawing on paper and 50% drawing on autocad. i am also a pencil nerd somehow. not sure how that happened but here we are. i have a staedtler 1.3 for drawing and a .7 for text. nothing else will do. i know this video is about that wood but i had to give my $0.02.

[@vermontmike9800]

Odd. I find the eraser on the Dixon to be superior to the less than stellar Palominos. I have to use a standalone eraser when I use the Blackwings.

[@DavidMiller-kv4we]

Maybe I need to up my game a little bit... I only started writing things down (planners and journals) in the last couple of weeks. I dumped the pens I was using because they bleed through the cheap paper of what i've got right now (The planner I use is a Dollar Tree weekly planner) in favor of a 24 pack of (again) Dollar Tree "Jot" pencils I've had since friggin' forever. I mean... they do perfectly fine for what I need them to do. Except for the eraser. The damned eraser is almost GONE and the pencil isn't even a third of the way down as far as sharpening... and I write until there is just a nub of graphite. lol And no, I don't erase all that often. I'm gonna have to get eraser toppers for these things. hah

[@JenTheTG]

Yo whoever sharpened these pencils in the b roll are making me die with how uneven it is

[@zfk1000]

These picks are simply not very good. Mitsubishi is the best pencil company for school writing pencils and it’s not close. The 9852, 9850, 9000, and 8900 all blow away any of these. Also you should not be using pencil erasers unless you have to. Buy Pentel eraser caps instead. The Blackwings and Golden Bear ferrules leave a lot to be desired because they are loosely attached. The underlying quality of the wood is also suspect when you sharpen the pencils. With the Mitsubishi 9852 and 9850 the ribbons are continuous and dense during sharpening reflecting the quality of the underlying wood. Then there is price to performance, Mitsubishi pencils strike a nice balance at about 75 cents a pencil.

[@rusticteacher]

sharpener needs a hard upgrade.

[@lp5913]

For me: Bruynzeel. Made in The Netherlands, so for me locally made. Fun fact: The Nasa - at the time- spent millions on developing a pen which could write in space. The Russians just took a pencil!

[@russelllieser4226]

Musgrave

[@Belabor]

Unionize

[@kjh7201]

This video could have been 2 seconds long. Ticonderoga. End of.

[@archnasingha5721]

Pada bai tu jada english

[@davenaylor6384]

What do you use to write communist propaganda?

[@amanasd26]

1st world problems

[@Feuerspray31]

Not really. Anyone at any poverty level can use a pencil. No reason to use a crappy one if you don't have to.

[@amanasd26]

@@Feuerspray31 people at a poverty level are worried about their next meal not some premium f**king pencil. How out of touch are you?

[@ropro9817]

Wow, if this is the sort of thing they really care about, gen-Z is doomed.

[@AndrewQuinn42]

I’m 40 and hang fine artwork for a living. I buy the kids version “my first Ticonderoga” and all of my construction friends switched to them as well. They are phenomenal. Depending on your trade some tools are more important to you than to others. Specifically for me, the pencil is the most important tool I own so I appreciate people reviewing and sharing this sort of thing.

[@HuyNguyen-ll9gz]

This man is probably not gen z, all I hear is “gen z is doomed” but we can like what we like even if people say that it’s stupid

[@Feuerspray31]

@@HuyNguyen-ll9gz Gen Z is doomed, but I really don't think they are the ones worrying about pencils. Most live digitally.

[@Feuerspray31]

@@AndrewQuinn42 What is it that makes a pencil so important to your profession? Do you dray an outline on the wall before you hang a picture?

[@dustywaxhead]

I'm a writer and I don't use a computer or typewriter but just a #2 pencil. Fairly important for me