On Sep 7, 6:05*pm, Hoosierpopi wrote:
Thank you all. I am not looking for a "drafting" pencil as much as a
utilitarian marker for cut lines and an occasional sketch or layout
drawing to help me with a "design" or fitting a peice in place.

What I've come away with (in addition to those BIC Mechanical Pencils
I will have to look into) is the following list of suggested wooden
pencils *Coincidently, I;m complaining about something emblazoned with
the name "DIXON *No. 2 / HB" How's that for ironic?

Conte
Derwent
Dixon Ticonderoga No 2 Pencil
Dixon Ticonderoga Pencils
Faber Castell
Lumograph.
Mars
Papermate Mirado Classic
Staedtler
Staedtler
Ticonderoga
X-Acto 1744 Heavy-Duty Electric Pencil Sharpener

Thank you all

If I find a preferred pencil among those suggested, I'll post again.

My uncle (a HS shop/drafting teacher) gave me 2 of the Staedtler Mars
Technico lead holders once Christmas a long time ago. I only more
recently picked up woodworking as a hobby, and uncovered those lead
holders during a move at about the same time.

I'll spend 10 minutes looking for one of those 2 lead holders before I
consider using a regular pencil. The Staedtlers I have have a lead
sharpener built into the cap, the leads last forever, and they're
pretty easy to find in pretty much any hardness. In my opinion they
really are an excellent "utilitarian" marking tool, as they never get
shorter when you sharpen the lead, you don't have to go anywhere to
sharpen a dull point, and they don't break very easily.

Though they're not very good for chewing. :-)

http://www.leadholder.com/lh-draft-s...80_series.html

-Nathan