Lead pencils

[candyterrius]

Do you still use them? Lead pencils are also known as mechanical pencils. I prefer to use them when I was a student in school. I still do today.

[ricdsm]

I don't use them a bunch but I do use them some.

[cloudsoup]

i like to use them when i draw. the mechanical pencils
offer a much neater, smaller line which is great for
details. they're really good for shading too because
you don't have to apply much pressure to get the
lightness/darkness you want.

[tjshorty]

no, hated them when my kids needed them for school, and wont buy them again.  I wil use the old wood pencils.

[nguzman1]

I liked them for a while but the lead always breaks so I prefer really sharp pencils.

[sliebshner]

I use mechanical pencils for my crossword puzzles.  I have to erase.  Not yet good enough to do them in pen.  I wouldn't be able to read the puzzle after awhile!  I suppose a lot of people who like crosswords do them online, but I can't seem to get into computer crosswords yet.  Nothing like a good medium level crossword from a paperback to me!!!!  Sometimes, low tech is better.

[dwggs]

I love my good old fashion #2 Yellow wooden pencil

[vp44]

Yes we still use them. My son needs them for when he takes a scan-tron test and also during class. I home school my lil guy. Old faithful number 2 pencil.

[CharmedPhoenix]

Do you still use them? Lead pencils are also known as mechanical pencils. I prefer to use them when I was a student in school. I still do today.

  According to my dictionary lead pencils are "pencils of graphite enclosed in wood".  Mechanical pencils are mechanical pencils, not lead pencils.   

I never cared much for mechanical pencils.  As an artist I much prefer the feel, function and even smell of lead pencils. 

[lynnc35]

I don't think I have touched a led pencil in a long time...computers everywhere but writing my homework out I use a pen

[inertia4]

I am not sure of they are still made out of lead anymore. But I still love the traditional number 2 pencil.

[tfw6693]

  I still use lead pencils. I also have a "dark spot" in my chest from my grade school days.

[djohnson43]

I will use a mechanical pencil sometimes. My highschooler prefers them but the fifth grader uses the old number 2 pencils' but with her we had her name put in them that way her class mates don't say they belong to them.( which is a big problem)

[lywb2168]

My work only provides the lead or mechanical ones and I personally prefer them to the conventional pencils.  My daughters prefer the mechanical one for school, say that they are easier to handle

[jkhanson]

I rarely use a pencil anymore.

When I write, I use a pen.