🖊️ Elevate Your Drafting Game!
The Pentel GraphGear 500 Mechanical Drafting Pencil (0.5mm) combines precision, comfort, and convenience for professionals and creatives alike. With a sleek black barrel, a knurled grip, and a lead-free design, this pencil is perfect for detailed work and comes in various sizes to meet all your drafting needs.
Manufacturer | Pentel |
Brand | Pentel |
Item Weight | 0.32 ounces |
Product Dimensions | 0.37 x 5.8 x 0.37 inches |
Item model number | PG525A |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Color | Black |
Closure | Twist |
Grip Type | Knurled |
Pencil Lead Degree (Hardness) | 0.5 mm |
Material Type | polymer |
Number of Items | 1 |
Size | 1 Count (Pack of 1) |
Point Type | Fine |
Line Size | 0.5 |
Ink Color | Black |
Manufacturer Part Number | PG525A |
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Precision and Comfort in One Sleek Package
The Pentel GraphGear 500 is an outstanding mechanical pencil that perfectly balances precision, durability, and comfort. With its solid metal grip and weighted barrel, it offers excellent control and stability—ideal for detailed work like sketching, technical drawing, or note-taking. The knurled grip ensures a non-slip hold during long sessions, and the fixed sleeve makes it perfect for ruler work and clean, crisp lines. As shown in my drawing, this pencil makes shading and linework feel smooth and effortless. Whether you’re an artist, student, or professional, the GraphGear 500 is a tool you can truly rely on.
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My Favorite Pencil
A while ago I got four nice 0.5mm mechanical pencils to compare:- Uni Kuru Toga Roulette : Haven't touched this one in months. It's very interesting mechanically, but the lead wiggles too much and the rotating feature doesn't make enough of a difference for that to be worth is for me. Maybe in a larger lead size this would work better. I have to admit it looks cool though.- Uni Shift Pipe Lock : The retractable lead pipe is nice. I have bent the lead pipe on the staedler and pentel pencils, so keeping it away can help with that. The wiggle isn't too bad but the weight distribution is a bit off for me. This would be a great pencil to throw in the bottom of your bag if you need a draft pencil that can take a bit of a beating. Otherwise see the options below.- Staedler 925 25-05 : My solid #2. Very well made, no lead wiggle as long as the tip is screwed on tight, so writing is smooth. The knurling is a bit sharp but personally I enjoy that grip. I keep one of these at my desk so I don't have to take my other pencil out of my bag. My biggest issue is that the eraser feels a bit loose, but it's not too bad. The price is a bit much for me too.- Pentel Graphgear 500 : Instantly my favorite, and has stayed as such for the couple of years I've used them. The lead pipe is totally fixed to the grip so there is no lead wiggle and I've only had it bend once when it flew spinning down onto tile. The knurling is a bit softer than the staedler, it's a nice middle ground. The eraser feels tight but it does wear a bit fast as someone who makes a lot of mistakes. Just a good pencil, and the cheapest of the lot. That's hard to beat.As someone who does a lot of math and diagrams on paper I pretty much stick to the 0.5mm graphgear now. Alongside it I use the Pentel Hi-Polymer eraser for bigger erasing jobs and a MUJI 0.38mm black pen for dark permanent lines. I highly recommend both of these too, no matter what pencil you use.
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heavy. I love it tho
great pencil for drawing! I lovee this brand. eraser works wonders, the lead is nice and smooth. pencil is heavy, if you prefer lighter pencils I wouldn’t recommend! If you don’t care then I highly recommend spending your money on this.
T**A
Great Mechanical Pencil For The Money!
Love these pencils and I have several of them scattered around my house so that I always have one available. I personally use them for my initial sketch in my watercolor artwork. Nice weight and feel in my hand. Good value as well.
A**A
Pretty good pencil
I'm obsessed with this pencil. It's very lightweight, the eraser doesn't smudge and the lead isn't too dark. I love the design, mostly because whenever I don't use it for a long period of time, it's cool to the touch. I don't use to write, I use it to draw but it's great quality with either use. Be careful where you place it and how you use cause it breaks easily.
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Amazon Just Threw It InThe Box?
I’m not sure who packs Amazon products for shipping but the Pentel mechanical pencil I purchased from them was just thrown in the box with the other items I also bought, as the tip is pretty fine I’m surprised it wasn’t damaged, really not a very smart way to package it. 5 stars for the Pentel pencil, works great and very nicely made and I’d give zero stars for the packing.
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Better than the Graphgear 1000
Excellent knurling and weight make this an instant classic. If they had only used this grip on the 1000 it would have become the standard.
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Very Simple, Effective, and Inexpensive
I bought this pencil because I wanted to try out an even thinner lead diameter than .5 and this seemed to be a good quality and fairly inexpensive option at only 6 dollars or so.The pencil arrived by itself in a box with a bar code sticker on it, no packaging or anything, so that is somewhat odd. At least it does include lead already inside the pencil but not much, only 2 strips.First impressions are that it is smaller, thinner, and lighter than I expected. The picture made it look like it would be thicker and I assumed the metal parts would make the pencil pretty heavy.It is comfortable to hold and it’s a great weight, light but not cheap or hollow feeling. The texture on the metal grip feels nice. Not too rough which I was worried about. The mechanical action feels solid but precise and delicate. There does not seem to be any looseness in the pencil while writing. I really like how the eraser is very easily removable and extendable; it is also nice and small for detailed erasing.This is the first time I have ever used .3 size lead. The thickness is visually significantly thinner, but when I put it to paper the difference from .5 lead is actually not that apparent. The lines I am getting are not much thinner but they are lighter, and the lead digs into the paper more easily leading to a scratchier feel. I will need to use this pencil for a while and see how I get used to it. The lead breaks more easily but with normal writing pressure I don’t think this is a problem. You will probably tear through the paper with the sharp thin lead if you use it with enough force to come close to breaking it. I keep the lead about 3 clicks in length.The reason why I went for .3 to begin with is because even .5 was just a tiny bit too thick for me at times, so I think I will come to value the .3’s edge over .5 for this.Edit: Now that I have been using it awhile, the .3 is quite nice. I bought some uni dia lead for it and it is much smoother than the stock lead. I find it much easier to cram in tiny words when I start running out of space.Edit: I am still using this as my favorite pencil 5 months later and it still works perfectly. Hope this gives confidence in this product for anyone who wants to try it. I'm surprised I have not lost it yet actually, best $6 I ever spent.BONUS INFO: When peeling off the bar-code there was some residue left over so I immediately took some goo-gone solvent to it to take it off. The plastic is not chemically resistant at all, and immediately smudged and weakened where I applied the solvent. Thankfully I didn't use more than I did. I suggest just using water for the residue and gently scratching it off.
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