Pica-Dry Longlife Automatic Pencil 3030

Great! Works better that traditional woodworking pencils. Allows to you to make a more accurate line and the holder is awesome and very sturdy. Ease to use, built in sharpener helps make a fine tip. Only complaint is that it sticks up pretty far out of the pouch and I'm always hitting the top button getting it out of the holder. Then i have to slide the lead back in, but oh well might take some getting use to. Writes on everything. I would for sure buy another one and totally worth the money.

Great carpentry/construction pencil. This is well made and quite durable. The built in sharpener works well and the lead adjustment is easy. The color makes it easy to see so you don’t walk away and leave it. The size and weight are within reason and it appears to be a good value for the money. I’ll probably spring for a colored set as well as the red and white leads in these sets should prove quite useful.

As a finish carpenter, sharp pencils are my most important tools. Until about a year ago I always used German-made Staedler pencils in both H and HB leads and carried an electric sharpener (and a backup one) in my truck. I finally decided to try the Pica-dry and I'm very impressed with it. The sharpener works really well, and the H leads sharpen to a fine, hard point and write just as well as regular pencils. The HB leads are the perfect softness for non-trim woods and writing notes. I recommend anyone who hasn't tried them yet give it a shot. Of course, I always have 2 in my pocket and 2 backups in my truck so you'll need 4 of them :)

Love this mechanical pencil, it's lasted longer than any of the others I've purchased. This pencil stays on my tool belt constantly. And if I happen to drop it, the color makes it easily findable. Great value for the price

This pencil works great my only complaint is the sharpener is at the bottom making hard to use. I just spin it on a sanding block I keep in my belt. Great for marking!

16 bucks for a pencil, 1$ a stick for the refills, how is it worth it you may ask? Well, every once in a while it’s nice to spend money on the small things we use everyday but don’t think about how often we really do use them. I am a commercial/industrial electrician. We do massive piping infrastructures in every building we work in. Miles of large and small pipes being ran, bent, and cut. And with every stick there’s generally a mark or two that needs to be made. Constant pencil sharpening with razor knifes, pencil always falling out of your ear or hard hat or snapping in your pocket, etc. Well this pencil is the answer to most of those problems. Heavy duty graphite that doesn’t break easily by any means, I use it daily on block and concrete walls, Sheetrock, rigid and emt piping that’s loaded with oil, and for writing material lists or bending situations we need to achieve. This pencil is hands down the best writing apparatus I have used in the field. The oils and paints on concrete or piping tend to destroy the sharpie marker tips rather quickly. Yet this pencil marks thru it all and never gets messy. It has a nice holder that you can place In your pocket or attach to your hard hat like I have, and on the end of the holder there is a sharpener for adding a point to the lead. I’ve been using it daily for about 3 weeks and the first lead stick is still going strong. I bought the 10 pack of refills for it as well. Seems like they will last me quite a while. They also sell colored graphite as well as just black. If you are in the trades of any type then this pencil is worth the premium price it asks for. Longevity will be the only factor that determines whether or not I purchase another one. But only time will tell. For now it’s a 5 star worthy purchase. The only con I have is it doesn’t have an eraser. Not that they ever do a great job anyways but sometimes it would be nice to have it. But I feel that the pencil is designed to last a long time and the erasers never do so that’s probably the reason why it doesn’t exist. *****Update***** After about 14 months of owning this pencil it is still functioning like the first day I got it. It is super durable and just a very well made device. The lead lasts forever when marking on pipes or using as a writing tool. Concrete or block tends to run thru it faster but still not bad. I’ve since purchased the colored inks as well (Green, Blue, White) They are an amazing add esp when working in dimly lit areas for visual purposes. The colors work great on pipe and walls but they go much faster than the regular lead. Just wanted to write this update to say this is indeed a worthy investment and since my first purchase I’ve bought a second pencil for use at home because I can’t go back to regular pencils even for home projects now haha.

This is the best mechanical carpenter's pencil that I have found. It has several nice features. 1. Sheath - it has a holster which works great. The holster stays securely connected to my pocket, belt, apron. The pencil stays securely in the sheath even if you just drop it in. The sheath is round so that you can drop the pencil in without lining anything up. I like my Thorvald, but with no sheath it is much more work to take it in and out of pockets and toolbelts. One of the teeth that holds the Thorvald broke quickly. 2. Cap - The cap stays on solidly. Most of the time I grabbed my Thorvald, the cap came out but the pencil stayed. 3. Sharpener - The sharpener gives a very nice, sharp tip that still does not break too much. The downside to the sharpener is that you have to pull the sheath out to sharpen the pencil. Not too big of a deal because I do not need to sharpen often. 4. Lead holding, loading, advancement - the leads go in easily, advance nicely and does not slip. 5. Ability to mark in deep pockets. The end tube is pretty thin (similar to almost all of its competetors) making it easier to mark inside small diameter wholes. You can also advance the lead quite a ways, so you can mark in any hole as wide as the lead diameter. The only downside to the pica is that it is round, so more likely to roll off of a table. There is a roll stop in the collar, but it is still more prone to roll than something like the ox. Still, I prefer the round Pica because it makes it easier to drop into the sheath. The Pica leads seem to be great, but I went with the Hultafors refill pack. They are slightly different diameter to the Pica leads, but work just fine. I went with the Hultafors refill pack because of the cool dispenser that clips on my tool pouch. That way I always have refills with me. Tracer makes a similar, even smaller refill. If you are looking for a mechanical carpenter's pencil, buy the Pica Dry. It works great.

I love it. Just wish you can buy more than just one in a package. It’s not like a 2x4 or a saw or a drill wouldn’t fall on one and break it.

Gran calidad del producto, muy simple de usar y cumplió todas mis expectativas, recomendable al 100 %

Excelente producto

Un outil indispensable, fiable et très bien pensé. Acheté en novembre 2020, je l’utilise régulièrement pour différents travaux, et il fonctionne toujours aussi bien aujourd’hui. C’est clairement le genre d’outil qu’on garde longtemps sans se poser de questions. Points positifs : • Très bonne durabilité : toujours fonctionnel après plusieurs années d’utilisation • Pratique pour marquer sur différents supports (bois, surfaces rugueuses, zones difficiles d’accès) • Système précis et facile à utiliser au quotidien • Bonne prise en main, agréable même lors d’utilisations prolongées • Taille-crayon intégré dans le capuchon, très pratique pour garder une mine toujours propre et efficace • Rechargeable, ce qui évite de devoir racheter un outil complet En résumé, un outil simple mais extrêmement efficace, avec des détails bien pensés comme le taille-crayon intégré. Je l’utilise depuis plusieurs années sans aucun souci, et je le reprendrai sans hésiter.

Habitué de la marque, on ne peut pas être déçu, encore de la qualité, j'avais perdu le mien sur un chantier et j'en ai recommandé un car je ne peux plus faire sans. Surtout que j'ai acheté une boîte de 100 mines donc il faut que je puisse les utiliser 😂.

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