greeny
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If I have to use paper, I use the one pencil left in the rack that isn't broken, or doesn't break again immediately I sharpen it. Haven't got a clue what hardness it is.Right click - properties?
Mechanical pencils (propelling pencils) for chartwork
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anoccasionalyachtsman
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To those who still have the kit that they used back in the day - be warned - it may be valuable. I bought two 'brushed stainless' Faber-Castell TKmatic 0.5mm pencils 40 years ago, they sell for £2-300 last time I looked. One got stolen, so the survivor doesn't leave the house.
penberth3
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I think that's a good choice. Definitely avoid 0.3mm, unless you're sitting at a desk that doesn't move.
AntarcticPilot
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penberth3
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Another recommendation - try to get a pencil with a retractable point, saves you stabbing yourself if you carry it around in a pocket.
dansaskip
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Been using them since I first started 20 years ago 2B 0.5mm I must be a fan as I have about 3 0r 4 different makes. Always worth having to anyway for that inconvenient moment when the lead runs out of one!
alahol2
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2mm 2B clutch pencil. Anything thinner makes it look like you are trying to be too accurate.
4" long leads last for ever.
4" long leads last for ever.
Rappey
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stuartwineberg
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Interesting - dont they scratch the screen of the ipad 
Rappey
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Dab
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I recommend the humble Bic MATIC. They are 0.7mm and although HB if you press lightly they are easy to rub out. Technically they are disposable but from memory they come with 3 leads per pencil and you can can refill them if you want to. I have normally lost or broken mine by the time they get to that stage. Good value in packs of 4 or 10 , especially in French hypermarkets. I use them for all my note taking, including all my project management stuff at work.
Malish
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Just don't have it in your hand when using your hand bearing compass (unlikely I know) unless you want some very deviated bearings
stu9000
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£18 for a pencil!
KDee
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Good old fashioned 2B woodcased pencil, still made in UK by Derwent (Cumberland Pencil Company). Any softer is harder to erase, any harder leaves indentations in the paper.
pyrojames
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Yard-o-Led 0.85mm for me. No sharpening, no sharp points breaking off. Timeless.
thinwater
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A real classic, simple, drafting pencil that has been around for 40 years, is the the Pentel Sharp.
Pentel Sharp
Any lead size, very simple, bomb-proof durable, easy to take apart and clean. I had one last through 4 years of daily use in college, and I've been using them ever since. Still do, same model. There are reasons it has not changed in 40 years.
Pentel Sharp
Any lead size, very simple, bomb-proof durable, easy to take apart and clean. I had one last through 4 years of daily use in college, and I've been using them ever since. Still do, same model. There are reasons it has not changed in 40 years.
Wansworth
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In my time on a dirty British coaster we always used those yachtsmans charts,they were blue if I recall with the courses already marked in red,other than that a biro for filling in the log
Poignard
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Coe-Metcalf, Everards, Stevie-Clark?
Wansworth
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First was the “Vectis Isle” with owner skipper Bob Roberts then a small company called Carisbrook Shipping but they now have much larger ships from what I have gleaned fro Internet,the coasters I was on were old Dutch coasters
