This is one of those giveaways I wish I could enter. The INK Roller Ball by Karas Kustoms is a killer pen, and I owe a big thanks to Huckberry for giving one away to readers of The Pen Addict. Looks like our winner is pretty excited about it too:
Congrats Andrew! Get in touch via the the Contact Page and I will get shipping arranged for you.
Thanks to everyone who entered, and thanks again to Huckberry!
Like micro-tip gel ink pens, mechanical pencils are a tool I like to have handy everywhere I may be writing. There is something about their technical design and fine lines that speak to me, and the Pentel Graph Gear 800 is a nice addition to my lineup.
Pentel’s Graph Gear lineup is well known and widely respected. The 1000 model drafting pencil and ballpoint are hugely popular with their aluminum barrel construction, but there is a definite place for the plastic barrel of the 800 lineup. The key is in the grip. It is metal, giving it the proper weight and balance for a drafting pencil, and features the same rubber pads that give other Graph Gear models an excellent feel.
Pentel color codes their barrels to match lead diameters, with black for 0.5 mm, blue for 0.7 mm, and yellow for 0.9 mm (green is 0.4 mm and brown is 0.3 mm for those product lines that use them). This is helpful for professionals who may have a lineup of pencils on their table when having to switch up line widths.
I find using the Graph Gear 800 to be a real pleasure. It is a comfortable writer while retaining the solid feel of the twice as expensive 1000 model. I prefer it over the less expensive Pentel Sharp model as well. The grip alone is worth the added cost.
Overall, this is a quality drafting pencil that I’m happy to have at my desk.
(JetPens provided this product at no charge to The Pen Addict for review purposes.)
Not only is Huckberry sponsoring the blog this week, they are offering up a Karas Kustoms Ink Roller Ball (with brass grip section no less!) to one lucky reader.
The Karas Kustoms Ink Roller Ball fits one of my favorite refills - the Schmidt P8126 - which provides a wonderful writing experience. Here is how to enter:
Leave one comment on this post anytime between now, and Thursday afternoon at 2:00 PM Eastern Time. You are limited to one entry. This contest is open to US and International readers.
For this contest, I will pick one winner at random from the comments section of this post. The comments will be numbered in the order they are received, i.e. the first comment is #1, the second #2, and so on. The Random Integer Generator at random.org will be used to pick the number of the winner.
The contest winner will be posted on Thursday evening, June 4th. The winner will have one week to email me via the Contact link at the top of the page.
My thanks to Huckberry for sponsoring this giveaway and good luck!
