What #2 Pencil Should I use? Forum

[mg7]

What bar eraser do you use? I hate those pink ones. They are hard and don't erase good.

I like the Staedtler Mars Plastic. You can get 4 for $5 at Staples.

I use these too. They are seriously legit.

[CardozoLaw09]

What bar eraser do you use? I hate those pink ones. They are hard and don't erase good.

I like the Staedtler Mars Plastic. You can get 4 for $5 at Staples.

I use these too. They are seriously legit.

+1

[TheMostDangerousLG]

Mirado Black Warriors 4 lyfe.

[Dr. Dre]

Finally, the Palomino Blackwing 602, a revival of the fabled Eberhard Faber Blackwing 602, is a true master's pencil. Palomino earned plaudits for reviving the pencil, listening to the concerns and criticisms of pencil enthusiasts, and redesigning it yet again to even more closely resemble the original Blackwing design. True devotion to pencil craftsmanship.

This sounds like a reading comprehension passage. That would be amazing if the ppl at LSAC included a passage about pencils.

[Balthy]

I was going to buy the Eberhard Faber Mongol 482, but the description says the eraser is crap

No way. I got a bunch of Mongols on a recent trip to South America. Seriously, the eraser is great. The wood is also very smooth and easy to sharpen. As long as the ones from Amazon are the same model, I think it should be fine.

[Balthy]

A good samurai with a bad sword, or even mediocre, will do poorly in combat and die. A 180er is not going to get a 160 because of the pencil he uses. He could use crayon and still perform just as well, assuming crayon was allowed.

HAHAHHAHA! You are such a noob. Read your samurai history before getting into this, okay.

The katana became synonymous with the samurai under the Tokugawa Shogunate, a time of relative peace, after their bloodiest wars had already been fought. The samurai's weapon of choice was not the sword, but the spear. Your argument still applies (to the spear though) but you are still an utter noob and your arguments should be discounted (yes, that was ad hominem).

In all seriousness though, we here at TLS leave no stone unturned. That's why we've been discussing pencils for 5 pages. If you don't like it, GTFO.

[justonemoregame]

You guys might also want to consider breaking your pencils in half and sharpening them down, so that if you need to erase, you can decrease the time it takes for the eraser to hit the paper. If I had thought of this before, I might be going to Harvard. But, I'm not going to Harvard bc I didn't think of this before.

[052220151]

You guys might also want to consider breaking your pencils in half and sharpening them down, so that if you need to erase, you can decrease the time it takes for the eraser to hit the paper. If I had thought of this before, I might be going to Harvard. But, I'm not going to Harvard bc I didn't think of this before.

That's brilliant. Plus if you break them in half you get double the amount of pencils! Which means you can write twice as much!

[Emma.]

You guys might also want to consider breaking your pencils in half and sharpening them down, so that if you need to erase, you can decrease the time it takes for the eraser to hit the paper. If I had thought of this before, I might be going to Harvard. But, I'm not going to Harvard bc I didn't think of this before.

Lol. Breaking pencils is a rookie move. Get these Eberhard Faber reproductions:


"Half the pressure, twice the speed," plus a removable eraser.

[052220151]

You guys might also want to consider breaking your pencils in half and sharpening them down, so that if you need to erase, you can decrease the time it takes for the eraser to hit the paper. If I had thought of this before, I might be going to Harvard. But, I'm not going to Harvard bc I didn't think of this before.

Lol. Breaking pencils is a rookie move. Get these Eberhard Faber reproductions:


"Half the pressure, twice the speed," plus a removable eraser.

Do pros use long point or short point?

[Emma.]

Do pros use long point or short point?

Hand whittled, bro. Get exactly the point you want.

[Pneumonia]

Great thread

anyone have a preference for sharpeners? i'm just doing prep right now but i've seriously gone through 3 in the past month. i need to buy one from amazon but i'd like to get a nice one right off the bat. thoughts?

[haus]

Great thread

anyone have a preference for sharpeners? i'm just doing prep right now but i've seriously gone through 3 in the past month. i need to buy one from amazon but i'd like to get a nice one right off the bat. thoughts?

A few of my coworkers are fans the Alvin Brass Bullet Pencil Sharpner, but personally I do not find it comfortable to use. I prefer the DUX Glass Inkwell Sharpener, as it fits easily and comfortably in my hand, and the jar captures the shavings until I am ready to dispose of them.

ETA: both of the above have nice blades and can fairly easily produce a nicely sharpened pencil.

[Pneumonia]

thanks for the recommendations Haus. the brass bullet looks pretty sexy but not having a trap for the shavings is a deterrent as it would not be usable on test day (without just shaving onto the floor).
I'll give the dux a try

[Dr. Dre]

are these #2 pencils?

[haus]

Some online reveiws make comparisons of the 602 to other high end HB/#2 pencils, which would lead me to believe that it is close to HB/#2, and given the improved performance of scantron machines over the last 20 years or so, I would be 98-99% comfortable that this would work fine for the LSAT. Yet, that very small doubt would keep me from using this pencil on the test.

[Dr. Dre]

Yet, that very small doubt would keep me from using this pencil on the test.

Yeah I don't want to take any risks on game day

[ZGr88n]

This thread absolutely made my day.

[Emma.]

Yet, that very small doubt would keep me from using this pencil on the test.

Yeah I don't want to take any risks on game day

It'll work fine. If anything, it is darker than #2.

[bandenjamin]

http://www.staples.com/Dixon-My-First-T ... uct_455462

This is what you really need, they are perfect

[Dr. Dre]

http://www.staples.com/Dixon-My-First-T ... uct_455462

This is what you really need, they are perfect

eh, they are too fat and round. Kind of like a chode.

[Gotti]

What the fuck is this thread and why is it FIVE PAGES LONG.

[Dr. Dre]

What the fuck is this thread and why is it FIVE PAGES LONG.

This thread is an inquiry into what pencil is best to use on game-day.

[ColtsFan88]

I used a Staples pencil and scored a 177.

I'm just a baller like that.

[Dr. Dre]

I used a Staples pencil and scored a 177.

you're an anomaly