Pilot

Pilot S30 Drafting Mechanical Pencil - 0.5mm

$40.00
$40.00
Black

Pilot S30 Drafting Mechanical Pencil. The S Series Drafting mechanical pencils include S3, S5, S10, S20 and S30. The pencils in the S Series have the same body shape and compatible components. At higher lines in the S Series, the components are swapped with better materials and more sophisticated mechanism to provide a different design.

The S30 is the latest addition to the S Series. It's an upgrade from the S20 with a combination of wooden body as well as the auto lead advancing mechanism from Pilot Automac. The auto advance mechanism is enclosed inside metallic core, which naturally adds lower center of gravity to the pencil. The body of S30 is covered with birch wood enriched in resin. It's durable and provides a warming feeling to your hand than a typical metal body. 

Pilot's auto advance mechanism doesn’t require any extra action to advance the lead. In another word, you can continue to write without clicking once for the whole lead. In 1980’s, Pilot, Pentel and UNI all came out with their own version of auto advance pencil. In 2011, Pilot re-introduced the auto advance mechanism with Pilot Automac Mechanical, but unfortunately, Automac was discontinued in 2021 along with the introduction of S30.

  • Pilot S30
  • Lead size: 0.5mm
  • Lead indicator
  • Wooden body
  • Auto advance mechanism
  • Low center of gravity

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    S Kumar
    So nice, I bought it twice

    I really like this pencil! The automatic feed mechanism allows me to use 4b lead without having to click the lead advancement button after every sentence.

    I find the tip of the Pilot S30 is smoother than the Pentel Orenz Nero, which often scratched the paper. The S30 has quickly become my go-to writing utensil (even over the KT Dive for writing in English), so I bought another one!

    My only complaint is that the internal consists of plastic. I would expect metal given the price, but maybe the wood body just costs a lot to make? Also I wish I could put the S10 knurled grip on this to make it a bit heavier.

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    Father Francis
    Very smooth

    I use pilot neox 4b graphite with this for a smooth experience.

    The auto lead advancement allows me to keep up with people's stories as I write them down into my tomoe river journal.

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    Jacob Manuel
    Great pencil

    I love how when you first click the pencil top button it's really clicky and just snaps into place. Over time it starts to feel like a pen whenever you click the top button. The auto-advancing mechanism is really smooth and hard to notice. It's nice and heavy near the bottom meaning it's easy to write for long periods of time. The wood texture feels great in the hand and is hard to slip once you use it for a while. The eraser cap can be pulled out easily but won't fall out on accident. All around a great pencil but wish there was a mahogany color like the S20.