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Not really. I don't know anyone who use clutch pencil so I am not sure how it compared to wooden /mechanical pencils. Regardless, pen seems more dominant now in

Not really. I don't know anyone who use clutch pencil so I am not sure how it compared to wooden /mechanical pencils. Regardless, pen seems more dominant now in school. I was born in the early 90s, so both wooden pencils and mechanical pencils meant a lot to me. I still have two pencil lead left in my right palm because I accidentally stabbed my hands when I was a kid - pretty sure most of us who have used pencils regularly back then had experienced this. Eraser was also a big deal to me and my classmates. I owned regular plain erasers, fruit-flavor erasers, and animal-shape erasers before. But I preferred the slightly expensive Japanese brand called "Sakurafoam eraser" [1]. I am not sure when our future generations will stop writing by hand completely, but eventually pen and pencil will see the fate as scribe and Chinese brush pen which are uncommon now. [1]: https://imgur.com/a/g30c9 https://imgur.com/a/g30c9

cultofmetatron 9y ago
... did you say fruit flavoured eraser???
- Stratoscope 9y ago
  Fruit scented anyway. You weren't really supposed to eat them, although I can't speak for GP. (I used to eat match heads when I was a kid, so I can hardly criticize anyone's eating habits.) You can still get them, for example the Lil Juicies: https://www.ooly.com/lil-juicies-fruit-scented-erasers-set-of-6/ https://www.ooly.com/lil-juicies-fruit-scented-erasers-set-o...
- davchana 9y ago
  In india we call eraser as rubber too :) Fruit Flavoured Rubber will sound too NSFW in America :)
Hextinium 9y ago
I started using a lead holder/clutch pencil for schoolwork and I can't go back to anything else because of the knurled grip. Pencils slowly slip out of my hand after just 2 minutes of writing while my lead holder will write for hours with no repositioning.
- ghaff 9y ago
  They at least used to be very common for drafting. I probably still have one or two somewhere. As you point out, you get a better grip and they're probably also easier to keep very sharp.

cultofmetatron 9y ago

... did you say fruit flavoured eraser???

Stratoscope 9y ago
Fruit scented anyway. You weren't really supposed to eat them, although I can't speak for GP. (I used to eat match heads when I was a kid, so I can hardly criticize anyone's eating habits.) You can still get them, for example the Lil Juicies: https://www.ooly.com/lil-juicies-fruit-scented-erasers-set-of-6/ https://www.ooly.com/lil-juicies-fruit-scented-erasers-set-o...
davchana 9y ago
In india we call eraser as rubber too :) Fruit Flavoured Rubber will sound too NSFW in America :)

Hextinium 9y ago

I started using a lead holder/clutch pencil for schoolwork and I can't go back to anything else because of the knurled grip. Pencils slowly slip out of my hand after just 2 minutes of writing while my lead holder will write for hours with no repositioning.

ghaff 9y ago
They at least used to be very common for drafting. I probably still have one or two somewhere. As you point out, you get a better grip and they're probably also easier to keep very sharp.