Dave's Mechanical Pencils: Pentel Sharp P205 Mechanical Pencil Review Page 1 of 23 SEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOG SHARE Next Blog» Create Blog | Sign In Dave's Mechanical Pencils My mechanical pencil collection and various related things, some thoughts about them, mechanical pencil reviews and reviews of other products, and more. I'm not prejudiced - all forms of graphite are welcome here, even some ink sneaks in too. You can use the sidebar links to find mechanical pencil reviews and other stuff. Subscribe To Thursday, May 18, 2006 Pentel Sharp P205 Mechanical Pencil Review When I first started learning mechanical drawing, my classmates and I nearly all used the Pentel P205 because it was Search This Blog - the mechanical pencil sold by the school stationary supply Lijit shop. Class upon class of budding little Kiwi engineers Research were raised on the P205, and From my blog: so, at least in my part of the woods, Pentels claim that the Pentel Sharp P205 P205 is “The #1-selling automatic drafting pencil and the Mechanical Pencil Review industry standard” was unquestionably true. I am sure that it is Pentel Smash Q1005 Mechanical Pencil Review the mechanical pencil that I and my contemporaries will A Wooden P205 forever judge all others against. I haven’t really worked as an Poll 8 – Pentel Sharp P205 v engineer for many years and it’s quite a long time since I last Pentel ... picked up my P205. I spent the review week in a pleasantly From my content: nostalgic mood, remembering the times when I had a real Dave's Mechanical Pencils: engineering job in a factory – helping design products, tooling, Pentel Sharp P205... Dave's Mechanical Pencils: jigs and fixtures, and so on. My mood was helped along by the Pentel Smash Q1005... coincidence that the very week that I was using my Pentel P205 Dave's Mechanical Pencils: was the week that the Pencil Revolution posted their interview Poll 8 – Pentel... with pencil hero Henry Petroski, who it turns out is also a user More results for Pentel of the P205. P205... powered by But enough of all this nostalgia - on with the real stuff. The Pentel P200 series of mechanical pencils come in a variety of Lijit Search colours and lead sizes – The P205 (black) is 0.5mm, P207 (blue) is 0.7mm Visitors Map and the P209 Recent Readers (yellow) is… yes, you guessed it, Last 5 Comments 0.9mm. The P205 has a Just a random - plastic body speculative - thought; with metal maybe it is... - trims. The Anonymous On http://davesmechanicalpencils.blogspot.com/2006/05/pentel-sharp-p205-mechanical-penc... 10/19/2009 Dave's Mechanical Pencils: Pentel Sharp P205 Mechanical Pencil Review Page 2 of 23 plastic is a http://fountainpen.de/ hard shiny material, very abrasion and impact resistant. The old60-70.htm are many body is twelve sided – a rod of dodecahedral cross-section inf... - 2nd_astronaut slightly tapering towards the tip. But in the middle, two faces Lead is 1.18mm as are sort of joined into one where “Pentel” and the model noted in the posting. - information are printed on, so it’s a mixed eleven and twelve kiwi-d sided rod. At about 8mm across the faces in the grip section it Hi,What kind of lead is on the lower limit of my preferred size range. The grip does it take (refillable section is grooved for improved grip, and is effective. Being a fro... - MZK slim plastic design, it is a relatively lightweight but well What's the lead dia?I balanced pencil. The pocket clip is a good strong metal clip am actually looking to which works well, but it can slip out of its recessed section and buy ... - Anonymous so twist around or slide up and down. It’s a minor point, but it can be a little annoying. FAQs & General The lead holding sleeve is a 4mm long fixed metal sleeve - the ultimate for draughting and pocket stabbing! Give it half a Guestbook, Comments chance and this baby will punch through and stab you quick as & Questions a wink. I do know some people have complained that the long List of Reviews sleeve can become bent over time, but I’ve never had that My Top Five Pencils problem. I guess if you keep throwing your pencil into a pencil Lead Reviews mug with a hard base then the sleeve could suffer some Pencils With Extendable damage. But the long sleeve really is great for drawing and Erasers template work. Clearing A Jammed Pencil The push top ratchet mechanism is a fairly stiff “positive” one, Pencil Refill which I like. The mechanism only advances the lead a very Instructions short distance for each activation – about ¼ to ½ less than Online Retailers many other brands of pencils, and some non-draughting Pentels. There is a small eraser under the cap which is better than nothing, but not by much. If you wear it right down you Lead Information can have trouble getting it out to refill the lead magazine. Lead Reviews There is also a lead clearing needle under the eraser, not that Lead Size & Grades I’ve ever had to use it. The top cap is a tight fit over the eraser No 2 Pencil = HB? so you often advance the lead when pushing it back on. Lead Composition Non-Repro Blue I really like the look of the P205 in black - the black body, chrome trims and proudly marked “0.5mm Pentel P205” are a true classic look. This pencil reminds me of why I like Pencil Links Pentel – it’s not the fanciest, Alexa's MPs but it’s a good, solid, reliable Brand Name Pencils instrument that just shouts Flickr - MP Junkies out “efficiency”, “no-nonsense” and “I’m the pencil of real Gunthers Virtual Pencil engineers”, and maybe architects too, but I’m not sure about Case that. Leadholder On The Desk, At Any z Best Points – In black it’s a true cool calculating classic Time (In Japanese) look, with a real engineering lead sleeve. Pencil Revolution z Not So Good Points – The lead sleeve is not retractable. Pencil Talk z Price Range – Low. PenciLog (In Korean & English) Dimensions – Length 142mm, diameter 9mm across faces. Pencils 11 Balance point about 70mm up from the tip. Pens and Pencils RBs Autopoint & Other http://davesmechanicalpencils.blogspot.com/2006/05/pentel-sharp-p205-mechanical-penc... 10/19/2009 Dave's Mechanical Pencils: Pentel Sharp P205 Mechanical Pencil Review Page 3 of 23 Research A long time ago, my P205 had a RCX (Warning - PG lot of input into the metal Rated) sheathed heating element RRs Norma & Scripto inside this electric kettle. It Pencils was a good design, made for The Pencil Pages one of those rare customers – The Uncomfortable you know, the kind that was Chair (In Japanese) actually prepared to pay for Timberlines what they wanted. Not rip-off Wikipedia - Mechanical expensive or anything, but Pencils they wanted a reliable element that would last a long time, would automatically switch off when the water boiled, and cut-out if there was no water. See Also These days of course it’s made in China, not like in my day when we exported elements to China! Back then Chinese Critical Scribe elements were rubbish, but times have changed. Joy of Erasers Lexikaliker (In German) Posted by kiwi-d at 5:48 PM Lung Sketching Scrolls Labels: Pentel My Supply Room PigPog - MP section Ralrara`s Stationery (In Korean) 64 comments: The Pen Addict UC2 (In Japanese) Anonymous said... Blogs I Keep An Last time I checked, P205 pencils were made Eye On in Japan; however, I may be mistaken. Amateur Economist Tuesday, 09 January, 2007 Clangnuts DMP Lead Free (Thats Anonymous said... Me) Glen Mullaly Strange Maps You missed the fact that Pentel makes the P203 which is a .3 lead pencil. I love the .3s for the fine lines they make, Japan seems the last bastion of this lead size. Thursday, 01 February, 2007 kiwi-d said... Followers Fair enough, although really I was just listing the specific pencils I personally had and was showing in the picture. But I should have mentioned the P203. Yes, 0.3mm does seem to be in decline these days. Almost as if 0.3mm was the ultimate in thinness but now the pendulum is swinging http://davesmechanicalpencils.blogspot.com/2006/05/pentel-sharp-p205-mechanical-penc... 10/19/2009 Dave's Mechanical Pencils: Pentel Sharp P205 Mechanical Pencil Review Page 4 of 23 back the other way to thicker leads. I am sure 0.7mm is increasing, and 0.9mm, 1.3mm, Follow 1.4mm, etc are on the up too, I think. with Google Friend Connect Followers (62) More » Thursday, 01 February, 2007 Anonymous said... Very good description, i am also a fan of this particular model, do u know which model is currently replacing this one? P225? Monday, 05 March, 2007 kiwi-d said... Gulp...replacing the P205? I didn't know it was on the way out. It's still on the pentel.com website. Is this some misunderstanding between us? Saturday, 10 March, 2007 lockheed123 said... Flag Count From May 2009 I actually came across the P203 today in a stationary warehouse - or actually more like a unorganised gem shop. Thry had loads of p205/3/2 and also a white one which I forgot the model of but it had an extra bit on the barrel which said 'for film'. The lead was very dark and the metal sleeve was somehow able to extend.