TWSBI Precision Mechanical Pencil - 0.5mm - Retractable Pipe
- Regular price
- $29.00
- Sale price
- $29.00
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- 0.5mm
- Eraser included under cap
- Retractable Lead Sleeve: 2.7 mm length
- Comes with 12 lead refills, 3 eraser refills
- 0.7mm version available here
- Fixed pipe version available here
- Ballpoint version available here
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About TWSBI:
TWSBI 三文堂 (San Wen Tong) is one of our earliest collection even before the store. TWSBI started as an OEM manufacturer for different western brands, and around 2009, they decided to start their own brand. With 50 years of experience in pen making, they took to fountain pen forums and gather users’ feedback. It was said that Pelican M800 was the model they were inspired. Most of their pens are transparent, so it’s really fun to see the ink color and it lasts for a very long time.
The name 三文堂 (San Wen Tong) comes from the Hall of the Three Rare Treasures, created by Emperor Qianlong as a memorial to three great masterpieces of Chinese calligraphy. The initials of the name “San Wen Tong” was reversed and thus turned into "TWS". The last letters "Bi" was added with its literal meaning of "writing instruments" in Chinese. Thus combining the two segments, creating TWSBI.
Pencil works great, has a nice weight to it. The pencil is also sent in a nice box which is really neat.
overall construction is premium and feels good in hand. balance is right about in the center. eraser is an odd choice but does work as advertised. the knurling is not particularly tactile or grippy, but it does its job. the click has sort of a springy sound, not clicky but not mushy either. tip is fairly stable, but is sliding and not a double knock, so it is not usable as a drafting pencil. not an oversight as there is also a fixed version, and for the exact same price. but this version is good if you need something pocket safe and for a purpose other than drafting. price is a bit hard to justify since there similar quality pencils that also have metal bodies and/or retractable tips, such as Graphgear 1000, for half the price.
