Pentel Orenznero 0.5mm Mechanical Pencil with Auto Lead Feed Feature

Great pencil. I don't write with pencil a lot, but when i do, very annoyed by breaking lead. This pencil writes smoothly (I worried about the sleeve rubbing the paper and feeling it scratch but I have never had that happen) and I don't think I've broken lead even once. Even if this costs a little more for the pencil, if I break lead a lot, I go through led faster ... this saves a little $ in using less lead d/t broken pieces, but also saves a whole lot of time and frustration advancing, clearing small pieces of lead, etc. Worth it if only for that last issue! It is not heavy, but has a little heft to it - feels about right to me, weight wise. If you like heavy, this might be too light for you. Not sure if it's all metal (aluminum?) or if part(s) of barrel are plastic, but it feels high quality and smooth. The grip is tactile enough to provide decent grip. I personally like a little more texture, but it's not bad. I don't like thin pencils - I wear "large" gloves. I'd call this one 'medium' and it's certainly adequate size to be comfortable even w large hands. Not being large/thick I imagine it would be if you have smaller hands too. Finish is matte black, not shiny. I like that.

This Pentel Orenz AT Dual Grip pencil is, without a doubt, one of the best mechanical pencils I have ever used. It feels so solid and comfortable in the hand that after buying one for myself, I immediately purchased a second one for my son. The build quality is immediately noticeable. The full metal body gives it a satisfying weight that I really enjoy in a pencil, making it feel substantial and balanced. The textured grip is another highlight; it's incredibly comfortable and doesn't cause any irritation or fatigue, even during long writing sessions. What really sets the Orenz AT apart is its automatic lead feeding system. The lead advances itself as you write, so you never have to stop and click. This has been a game-changer for my son, who primarily uses print writing and benefits greatly from the continuous, uninterrupted workflow. A quick tip: to get the best performance out of this pencil, I highly recommend pairing it with high-quality lead. The mechanism is precise, and good lead makes the experience even smoother. I will absolutely be buying more of these in the future. It's the perfect gift for anyone in your life who truly values a great writing instrument. Highly recommended!

When I first saw these pens for sale I had no idea that they had an automatic lead advance system until I saw it in another customer's review. Firstly I am not a real artist, real artists put in the work to get better. I buy gear and wonder why I'm not getting better. /s I now own 3 of these pens, the 0.2mm, the 0.3mm, and now the 0.5mm. Using a 0.2mm pencil with, and without, the auto lead advance system could almost be considered revolutionary or even necessary. If your doing lots of quick linework, or shading, you could have to spend almost as much time advancing the lead as drawing. If you're one that holds you pencil at a tilt, and if you change pencil rotation when you advance the lead, having the lead come down in a different rotation(read as line width and darkness) gets very noticeable. Since the 0.2mm wears much faster and is such a thin line(more frequent and more noticeable) the advance feature means the pencil can sit in your hand without loosening your grip until you (physically) can't let go of it. I'm fairly light handed, and don't have problems drawing with 0.3/.35mm leads extended well past their sleeves. To me, 0.5mm+ lead sized wears so slow that in this size the auto-advance system might be more of a gimmick outside of the 0.2 and 0.3mm models. If you find yourself breaking 0.5mm lead in pencils, the standard orenz models have self-retracting sleeve, but without the advance feature. If you're not drawing and shading, you may not extended lead often enough to see the auto-advance benefit. However, if you like shading with super fine pencils, you never have to change your grip. Meaning if you like to keep your lead at your desired shading angle, or you like to spin your pencil to chase your ever wearing sharp edge, you always know where it is! I have 2 0.5mm pencils I find really pleasing to hold, Rotring and Staedlater,but my issue was when I switched to colored leads: Uni makes some nano Dia colored leads that are great for layout drawing layers(whatever you call that step you use non-photo blue pencils for). I find the lavender a very pleasing color, easy to see where you still need to go over with graphite and ink, while still getting dark enough lines to get good details. However the first case of leads I got were so soft that they disappeared faster than I expected while shading, the sleeves would rub, and I would get a white line from a crease the sleeve left. Both of my pencils had fixed sleeves. I either had to advance the lead often to avoid the sleeve, or extend the lead way out to give me a couple more strokes without having to continually assault the clicker. But the lead is soft enough it becomes easy to break when extended that far. With each additional white line in my shading, I thought "This is annoying, why are you doing this to yourself". Do I decide to to get a full sized color pencil that matches the color shade? No! I can't let my art teacher win with "use the right tool for the task, start big then go small". How about shading with graphite since it's practically made to shade? No, I want to, no, I need to collect all the nero zeros, and get 5 more packs of those leads while I'm at it.(which I imagine is the single most expensive way to get the same result as one colored pencil) TLDR: It's a great pencil. Pentel also makes probably the best brush pens. The 0.5mm is probably only worth it for people using it with soft leads doing detail shading. The 0.2mm is incredible with itsn ablity to do a page of fine line sketching without touching the advance. Side note: You can still get creases in your page from the sleeve if you hold it at too low of an angle to the page(pretty extreme angles though) Not the pens fault, definitely physics fault. Or if the leads you bought were super soft, but the replacements are super hard, or the same peice of lead goes from soft to hard(not the pens fault, just making excuses so I don't have to say it's my fault).

I really love mechanical pencils, and the concept behind this one is that as the lead is used, the metal sleeve retracts as well, essentially providing a protection from snapping the lead. On top of that, a single click advances both lead and sleeve allowing for an extended use period. Design-wise, the pencil is very handsome with a "tech" feel and vibe. The texture is adequately grippy, but not aggressive and If I did not know better, would think this was a fine pen. Does this pencil provide more value at $20+ that other mechanical pencils at way lower price point do not provide? The objective answer is "no", at the end of the day this is just a mechanical pencil. However, if there was ever a reason or need to have a pencil to be proud of, that accomplishes both value in its visual design, and value in its utility as a really great mechanical pencil, the price point starts to make sense. The pencil is heavily machined, and is also metal, so it will have a weighted feel to it that honestly is quite a welcome sensation when writing with lead. Overall, this pencil is perhaps more than any pencil really should be but that is okay here. Great to write with, great to look at, and certainly unique.

Feels amazing in your hand, spins pretty nice. Writing feels smooth like butter. The lead mechanism is a little weird sometimes but works perfectly most of the time

If all you want to know is weather or not I'd recommend this mechanical pencil, the answer is yes. Here's the story: I purchased this product because I enjoy sketching with 3B and 4B lead. The day I got it, I spent about a half hour writing with it to understand the boundaries and get a good feel for the tool. To keep this little adventure short, I realized this pencil excels as a writing instrument. And unless your sketches consist mainly of short lines, or you draw with a fairly perpendicular and heavy hand, the experience might not be as rewarding as you'd hope. This pencil is well made, it looks and feels good in the matte black, it writes comfortably for its size, and lands clean against my ruler. Because of the design of the dispensing mechanism, this product is ideal for a writer, the student, the note taker, drafting, and so forth. Artists should probably look elsewhere. No lead breakages, and the lead does extract automatically as intended. Cheers!

It's comfortable and has good weight

Comfortable to hold and write, lightweight and high quality Japanese product. Comes in a nice small box.

Produto de ótima qualidade. Único ponto que me chamou a atenção, e precisa de adaptação, é a folga no grafite devido a ponta retrátil e de alimentação automática da lapiseira. Mas é um produto de muita qualidade.

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Don't hesitate to buy

It's a great pencil that feels very premium. The one downside would be the price.