"Dave in Houston" wrote in
:

I been real happy with this Lee Valley offering:

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...,42936,43509&a
p=1 A little on the pricey side. Sharpener is in the little blue cap.
Difficult to break the leads, too.


I'll second that. It's all they say and then some. I've had one for two
years and am still on the first lead. I only use it in my home shop,
though.

At work, laying out timbers for post and beam joinery, and anything else
I'm called on to do, these will go for hours without re-sharpening, in the
hardest lead version:

https://www.dixonusa.com/index.cfm/f.../prdIndex=185?

Scott