Thank you - it's a new habit but so very calming and insightful. I guess a couple of insights that may come from this are 1; a view as to what I actually do spend my time doing and the outcomes of that 2; appreciation for all that does happen 3; maybe help me to be less focused on the future all the time and live in the present! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment - appreciated.
I'm obsessed with pencils, I draw with them regularly, and I write notes in pencil, and I have some observations and recommendations! I used the rotring tikky for a few years for art and journaling, It's very solid, and I think it's the best low-cost mechanical pencil. I'd recommend it to anyone as a first mechanical pencil (cheaper ones tend to be poor quality.) With wooden graphite pencils, it's genuinely quite hard to find pencils so bad that you can't use them. even cheap unbranded wooden pencils tend to be okay. More expensive pencils will often have a nicer wood body, which sharpens a bit smoother, and better quality lead that holds a point better, but often you're paying a lot more for very small gains. That said, if you want to splash out a bit on fancier stuff, there are some good recommendations. ---- For wooden pencils, I wouldn't bother upgrading unless you have cash to burn. If you do, it's worth trying out blackwing pencils, they're a bit of a bump in quality, and they're very nice to draw or write with, and the large erasers on the back actually work well. Downside is they tend to cost a small fortune, often selling at $3-5 each. For mechanical pencils, there's a lot of good upgrades around. After a few years of using a rotring tikky, I swapped to a pentel P20x (the x is either a 3,5,7, or 9, depending on if the pencil takes 0.3mm lead, 0.5mm, 0.7 or 0.9). The pentel p20x is about twice the price of the tikky, but it's very lightweight, extremely durable (I've been using one regularly for over a decade), and it has very little tip wobble, which makes it excellent for precise mark-making. If you want to go with something that feels a bit more premium, I'd recommend a drafting pencil, either the rotring 600, or the pentel graphgear 1000. These tend to cost in the range of $20-30, but they're very good quality metal pencils that will last a lifetime. My personal mechanical pencil of choice is a spoke-4-titanium. Spoke is a small independent manufacturer, they make machined aluminium bodied pencils with cutouts, so they're very light, and you can choose from a range of grip styles in a range of materials. This is absolutely my favourite pencil as it's lightweight, but solid feeling, and it uses the P20x mechanism. The only downside is that they're round-bodied and don't have any form of rollstop. ---- For you specifically though, since you do a lot of writing in pencil, I'd strongly recommend you look at the Uni Kuru Toga line of pencils, I'd recommend either the "high grade" or the "advance" models. These mechanical pencils are very very smooth to write with, with a small amount of flex in the tip, so they give a smoother writing experience than most pencils. The Kuru Toga line has a little mechanism in the body of the pencil that rotates the lead of the pencil laterally with each time you press it to the paper - meaning that instead of forming a chisel tip as you write, it wears the sides of the lead evenly, forming a bullet tip. This means you get less lead-breakage, and a more even line, without having to rotate the pencil in your hand. I don't draw with Kuru Togasbecause the springiness is less precise than my Spoke/Pentel pencils. However, for writing, I don't think you can match the Kuru Toga.
Hey, Wow - thanks for the lovely response and recommendations. The Stationery Freaks co-host Helen uses the blackwing pencils and swears by them - I tend to misplace stationery which is why I rely on the cheap Noris pencils - there's typically one laid around somewhere. And thank you for your recommendations on mechanical pencils - the Kura Toga has been ordered!! I can't wait to try it and your recommendation sounds like it will suit my needs perfectly. Thank you! I did look at something similar to the Rotring 600 when I bought the tikky but as this was my first foray into mechanical pencils I figured I'd start lower end until I knew I would use it. Your stationery knowledge is exceptional and you're clearly very passionate about finding the write tool for the job - love that. Thanks again for the recommendations and the comment. Rob..
@CreativeSoulProjects Other than that i loved this share. It cuts straight to chase i consider myself not a very functional person wiyh my stationery hobby but i constantly seek some inspiration to get down to business so to speak with my planners and notebooks. Thank you :) You got a new subbie
I love the yellow pages! When learning how to study in college I ran across a study that showed the benefits of yellow paper with black ink. Your bain processes and retains more information with that combo of colors.
I know! I was trying to find the study but couldn't locate the specific data around it. I know I work really well with yellow legal pads because of the colour. Thanks for the comment! Rob..
Hey - there are two desks in the video (I think!) The main desk with the protector on (top down shots) is from Habitat. www.habitat.co.uk/ It took me a while to find this and yes, thank you, it is indeed awesome. Well built, modern looking and plenty of space - I needed a desk that was quite deep (long arms) and this was perfect. The other desk is a writing bureau that I got on a second hand market place. Old, doesn't match the other furniture but ever so pleasing to have! Thanks for the comment! Rob
Hey - not a weird question at all! All of the bags in the video are part of a pack from Amazon - link on here - www.cultivatedmanagement.com/gear/ - currently £14 for the four different coloured bags. They are 30cm wide and 17cm in height Hope this helps! Thanks Rob..
Love the idea of a ledger book of life ❤ thanks for sharing!
Thank you - it's a new habit but so very calming and insightful. I guess a couple of insights that may come from this are 1; a view as to what I actually do spend my time doing and the outcomes of that 2; appreciation for all that does happen 3; maybe help me to be less focused on the future all the time and live in the present!
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment - appreciated.
I'm obsessed with pencils, I draw with them regularly, and I write notes in pencil, and I have some observations and recommendations!
I used the rotring tikky for a few years for art and journaling, It's very solid, and I think it's the best low-cost mechanical pencil. I'd recommend it to anyone as a first mechanical pencil (cheaper ones tend to be poor quality.)
With wooden graphite pencils, it's genuinely quite hard to find pencils so bad that you can't use them. even cheap unbranded wooden pencils tend to be okay. More expensive pencils will often have a nicer wood body, which sharpens a bit smoother, and better quality lead that holds a point better, but often you're paying a lot more for very small gains.
That said, if you want to splash out a bit on fancier stuff, there are some good recommendations.
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For wooden pencils, I wouldn't bother upgrading unless you have cash to burn. If you do, it's worth trying out blackwing pencils, they're a bit of a bump in quality, and they're very nice to draw or write with, and the large erasers on the back actually work well. Downside is they tend to cost a small fortune, often selling at $3-5 each.
For mechanical pencils, there's a lot of good upgrades around.
After a few years of using a rotring tikky, I swapped to a pentel P20x (the x is either a 3,5,7, or 9, depending on if the pencil takes 0.3mm lead, 0.5mm, 0.7 or 0.9). The pentel p20x is about twice the price of the tikky, but it's very lightweight, extremely durable (I've been using one regularly for over a decade), and it has very little tip wobble, which makes it excellent for precise mark-making.
If you want to go with something that feels a bit more premium, I'd recommend a drafting pencil, either the rotring 600, or the pentel graphgear 1000. These tend to cost in the range of $20-30, but they're very good quality metal pencils that will last a lifetime.
My personal mechanical pencil of choice is a spoke-4-titanium. Spoke is a small independent manufacturer, they make machined aluminium bodied pencils with cutouts, so they're very light, and you can choose from a range of grip styles in a range of materials. This is absolutely my favourite pencil as it's lightweight, but solid feeling, and it uses the P20x mechanism. The only downside is that they're round-bodied and don't have any form of rollstop.
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For you specifically though, since you do a lot of writing in pencil, I'd strongly recommend you look at the Uni Kuru Toga line of pencils, I'd recommend either the "high grade" or the "advance" models.
These mechanical pencils are very very smooth to write with, with a small amount of flex in the tip, so they give a smoother writing experience than most pencils. The Kuru Toga line has a little mechanism in the body of the pencil that rotates the lead of the pencil laterally with each time you press it to the paper - meaning that instead of forming a chisel tip as you write, it wears the sides of the lead evenly, forming a bullet tip. This means you get less lead-breakage, and a more even line, without having to rotate the pencil in your hand.
I don't draw with Kuru Togasbecause the springiness is less precise than my Spoke/Pentel pencils. However, for writing, I don't think you can match the Kuru Toga.
Hey,
Wow - thanks for the lovely response and recommendations. The Stationery Freaks co-host Helen uses the blackwing pencils and swears by them - I tend to misplace stationery which is why I rely on the cheap Noris pencils - there's typically one laid around somewhere.
And thank you for your recommendations on mechanical pencils - the Kura Toga has been ordered!! I can't wait to try it and your recommendation sounds like it will suit my needs perfectly. Thank you!
I did look at something similar to the Rotring 600 when I bought the tikky but as this was my first foray into mechanical pencils I figured I'd start lower end until I knew I would use it.
Your stationery knowledge is exceptional and you're clearly very passionate about finding the write tool for the job - love that.
Thanks again for the recommendations and the comment.
Rob..
that music in the beginning WOW LOVED IT
Thanks! It's a funky beat for sure.
@CreativeSoulProjects Other than that i loved this share. It cuts straight to chase i consider myself not a very functional person wiyh my stationery hobby but i constantly seek some inspiration to get down to business so to speak with my planners and notebooks. Thank you :) You got a new subbie
I love the yellow pages! When learning how to study in college I ran across a study that showed the benefits of yellow paper with black ink. Your bain processes and retains more information with that combo of colors.
I know! I was trying to find the study but couldn't locate the specific data around it. I know I work really well with yellow legal pads because of the colour.
Thanks for the comment!
Rob..
Where did you get your desk i love it so much
Hey - there are two desks in the video (I think!)
The main desk with the protector on (top down shots) is from Habitat. www.habitat.co.uk/
It took me a while to find this and yes, thank you, it is indeed awesome. Well built, modern looking and plenty of space - I needed a desk that was quite deep (long arms) and this was perfect.
The other desk is a writing bureau that I got on a second hand market place. Old, doesn't match the other furniture but ever so pleasing to have!
Thanks for the comment!
Rob
In Canada we call them pencil crayons.
Ah we do here too - but I couldn't find the right words!
Weird question but could you tell me size of those canvas bags? The blue one.
Hey - not a weird question at all!
All of the bags in the video are part of a pack from Amazon - link on here - www.cultivatedmanagement.com/gear/ - currently £14 for the four different coloured bags.
They are 30cm wide
and 17cm in height
Hope this helps!
Thanks
Rob..