Sharp Kerry Automatic Pencil, 0.7mm Lead Size, Blue Barrel, 1 Pen (P1037C)

This is a truly good mechanical pencil, well built, feels good in the hand, great writer. I like softer, darker lead than the HB grade that comes with most pencils so immediately changed out the lead with my preferred 2B lead. This was a very easy process and it worked flawlessly. For those of you, like me, who said - hey the eraser is missing! (most mechanical pencils have the eraser installed on the pencil barrel to cover the top of the lead fill/storage tube and there was no eraser to be found there on the Sharp Kerry) - after doing a Google search I found the answer about the eraser location - right here on Amazon from a review of the .5mm version of this pencil. David Brown is the reviewer and said it best so I will quote from his review: "To reveal the (very small) eraser, you must snap the cap onto the back end of the pencil, as when writing. This will make the silver button at the top of the cap extend. Pull this button out from the cap to reveal the eraser." The eraser is indeed tiny, so pretty much useless if you need to do a lot of erasing, though you can buy eraser refills. Like most of us who use mechanical pencils, I use a separate eraser anyway so the small size of the eraser is a non-issue for me. Designing a pencil with a cap is a great concept; you can carry the pencil in your pocket without fearing that you will get stabbed by the sharp point and without fearing that you will damage (bend) the lead guide and make the pencil unusable. I always cap it up after I have finished using it whether I plan to carry it with me or not, just for added protection for the pencil itself, in case it rolls off, or gets knocked off, of my desk. As others have stated, the cap snaps on solidly, both when you post the cap in order to write and when you are closing it up after your writing session. The finish is very nice, the whole pencil has a good solid feel to it and is, IMHO, a very nice looking pencil all around. I highly recommend the Pentel Sharp Kerry - I have the .5mm version as well. I am tempted to buy a couple more of these mechanical pencils, just in case something bad happens to one of mine and Pentel, for some unfathomable reason, stops making these wonderful pencils!

I'm a mathematician. I used pentels in college for a decade as a student. I just bought my 3rd Sharp Kerry 0.07mm. It is the same pencil I bought 11 years ago, and again that is the same as the one I bought 22 years ago in college. There is zero difference whatsoever. At the time I burned through lead by the gross cases, and so it was worthwhile trying all the pencils. I was able to wear them out by sheer repeated friction. White hand erasers in the dozens gave their all too. This was not only the best one, but looked very professional. The cap prevents the biggest injury intellectuals face. That of self inflicted lead stabbings. Half the length of the open pen with cap on rear is a metal cap. The barrel half is a good resin of like color. Minor striations in that will be noticed on close inspection. It in now way detracts from the appeal. The metal grip part is a metallic coated plastic that does not wear away. The center of balance with the cap locked to the back in open position is approximately dead center, just behind the metallic grip area. It is an excellent system. It is extremely reliable. I find the first thing to wear away is a thin metal inner ring that clips the cap and barrel in the closed position. It takes years. Extreme use for a decade got my first one close before I retired it and got another. I was still a student. It's normal wear and tear. I'm waiting to run into a Pentel representative. They are notorious for outright replacing parts and entire pens with an eager smile. They don't ask, they just do. I'll have two ready for him when I finally meet him. The pen is designed to be used with the cap locked to the back. It is also designed to be closed to the front when not in use. The rear eraser is covered by an aluminum cap. The design is that when you want to erase, you remove the cap with your non-dexterous hand and hold it in your fingers while erasing. You then re-apply the cap to the pen. Some people would lose their own heads were they not solidly attached to their own neck. Using things intelligently and according to design might prove useful. These tiny erasers are not for mass erasure. Use a white rubber Pentel or Staedtler eraser. I used to buy them by the case. For fine tiny erasures use the tiny one on the back. For all else use your rubber block. I have a ton of mechanical pencils now. Many vintage ones. MANY Pentels. I also have a Mont Blanc Meisterstuck pencil, and I even have their pen. This Pentel is heads over tails more useful, intelligently crafted and well designed than my nearly $400+ dollar Meisterstuck pencil. This is the best. My second best is another all aluminum barrel Pentel that is no longer made (have 8 of those haha). You'll be proud of this pencil. Guess what Stuart Weitzman signed the world's most valuable postage stamp with? No seriously take a guess!! Yep you guessed it. A Pentel Sharp Kerry.

Design élégant tiens bien en main

Portaminas de alta calidad y estética, con fabricación de precisión y una excepcional funcionalidad por el capuchón que facilita el transporte seguro y el manejo cómodo.

Happened across by accident, appreciate pen lid for protection, use everyday

Bought one, loved it so much I bought a second. One of the simplest, best designed and manufactured product I've used. They've resolved every shortcoming of the normal mechanical pencil - absence of a cap, difficulty of feeding the leads, useless or absent eraser, unergonomic design. Get the 0.7mm model, clearer writing and fewer snapped leads! Looks good too.

0.7mm 2B好きの一人だが、なかなかいいペンに会えなかったのが、ケリーで一気に解決した印象。 何故か2Bでも折れにくく(そういや折れたことないな)、芯のねっとりした濃いめの書き味が感じられるので、いつまでも書きたくなる。(他のシャープペンシルと何が違うのかなぁ？) だから、会社にも1本置いてある。