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Can we get a gear thread going?
I'm shopping for pencils and erasers and misc. crap like that.

About me:
I prefer 0.3mm mechanical pencils with 2B lead.
Grid paper and ruled legal pads, not notebooks.

>> No.2606847
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Typical mathfag gear:
Any pencil will do, usually generic BIC
0.5mm HB
Wear down the erasers until gone
White block erasers from Staples
Homemade notebooks of bound white printer paper (I hate ruled paper for math)

Erasers highly recommended

>> No.2606845
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2606845

Ooh, I had one of those, but the black plastic broke and it was not to be fixed...
I'm currently using the Stadler 925.
I've also used the Ohto SuperPromecha 1500 but din't really like it. too big.

>> No.2606852

GET A FOUNTIAN PEN...I SWEAR TO GOD OP.

>> No.2607108

I'm so used to 0.3mm lead but it's so expensive and hard to find.

>> No.2607117
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>This thread

im sure retarded, neckbearded, stereotypical nerdy stuff like this would appeal to the guys of /g/ or /ic/

>> No.2607123

>>2607117
n|gga do you know what board you're posting on

>> No.2607141

.3 mm mechanical pencil
graph paper that i tore out from the original 'easy to rip' note book, hole punched, and then threw in a binder
ti 83

without these I feel empty

>> No.2607201

>.3mm
>2B hardness

enjoy your endless broken leads OR having to advance the lead every 2 minutes because you can't let more than 1 mm out of the barrel without it snapping

>> No.2607209

>>2607201
as a matter of fact, I do enjoy those things! thanks

>> No.2607211

>niggas using pencils

Pencils are for losers who make mistakes. Once took a programming midterm in pen where one of the questions made you write a ~2 page program (by hand, on a piece of paper).

>> No.2607236

>>2607211
Does your keyboard not have a backspace or DEL key either?

>> No.2607244

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DAT ERASER

Yeah the limit of how many of those I've bought as time approaches infinity, equals infinity.

Also.... .3mm lead? Is this a fucking joke? A bad horrible math troll? I cannot go ANY fucking lower than .7mm..... If I was left with nothing but .5mm pencils I would use them to stab my eyes out.

>> No.2607252

And I am the only person in all of my classes, math, economics, who uses a pencil. The fucking only. And at a high tier uni too. Feels weird man.

>> No.2607263

I'm about to make a $25 purchase on jetpens, any suggestions?

>> No.2607283
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2607283

>bitches don't know about real pencils and the beauty of traction
>bitches don't know the joys of using the very last part of the pencil
math and biology fag here

>> No.2607285

>>2607263
Yeah, skip it and buy liquor instaed.

>> No.2607308

>>2607263
Stadler 925 0.5 Drafting Pencil
http://www.jetpens.com/index.php/product/view/products_id/5305

Lamy Safari Fountain Pen
http://www.jetpens.com/index.php/product/view/products_id/1937

>> No.2607309

Anyone have any recommendations for a good .3mm pencil?
Or lead for that matter/
I have been interested in getting one for a while, but haven't a clue where to start.

>> No.2607456

Currently using a Pilot-Namiki 78G with fine 0.5mm nib, gonna get a nicer pen sometime in the near future. This one works great though.

>> No.2607458

>>2607244
How can you stand .7? It's too fucking big. .3-.5 is best.

>> No.2607464

>>2607283

Not to mention sharpening a pencil is a sensory experience comparable to the best sex you've ever had.

Nothing like the smell of fresh-cut whatever-the-hell-wood-pencils-are-made-of.

>> No.2607470

>>2607283
DAT GRAPH PAPER

>> No.2607474

fancy pencil wont make you more intelligent. I use normal wooden pencil and win all the time.

>> No.2607477

I prefer .7mm. I never have to do any accurate drawings/drafts, so durability is the only thing I need to worry about, and for that, .7mm obviously wins.

>> No.2607479

>>2607477
Can't say I frequently break any .5mm when writing with it. You must be pushing down with herculean strength. Same type of thing that ruins fountain pens, too.

>> No.2607490

>>2607479


Its just that with .7mm I don't have to worry at all about breaking lead. With .5mm I notice more breakages and if I am tired or writing really fast I have to concentrate a little bit more. I can see getting used to .5mm, but there's just no point for me.