Basic Pencil Tech

In my line of work a pencil is tool #1. It has to be functional. I like a well sharpened #2, but since I write for hours on my feet, on the go, I opt for mechanical. So when Patrick Rhone wrote about a special pencil on MinimalMac, I had to check it out.

The Kuru Toga has elegantly improved on the old .5mm pencil. The mechanism rotates the lead 9 degrees each time it is lifted front the paper. Now I have a well rounded lead always pointed in the right direction. Can't wait for the next job to test it over several weeks of writing.