Why do some people still use wooden pencils instead of mechanical ones?

I prefer the wooden pencils to the mechanical ones! :?

Maybe i'm just old fashioned!

Oh my goodness, I had that identical thought about 5 hours ago. I was about to take a midterm and saw that the girl next to me was using a regular pencil. She was sharpening it because I guess it wasn't sharp enough (it was a multiple choice sheet where you bubble in the circle, I don't really know how sharp you need a pencil to be for that. :|) and at that point I thought [insert your post here].

Anyways, I don't know why people still do use regular pencils. Perhaps it is out of habit or something, they may have learned to write using regular pencils as a child. Or maybe they prefer the feel of a regular pencil over the mechanical ones. Or is it because you can buy a massive pack of pencils for a low price (people do tend to often lose pencils).

Whatever the case, I never use pencils anymore. It's either my trusty Sheaffer fountain pen or nothing.

a perfectly sharp wooden pencil beats a mechanical pencil anyday. expandingeye

Because I'd rather not have my lead break every 3 minutes, and most mechanical pencils look really stupid.

(I use Mirado Black Warriors, myself)

Because I'd rather not have my lead break every 3 minutes, and most mechanical pencils look really stupid.

(I use Mirado Black Warriors, myself)

Cherokee_Jack

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"]

Because I'd rather not have my lead break every 3 minutes, and most mechanical pencils look really stupid.

(I use Mirado Black Warriors, myself)

SpaceMoose

It's impossible to avoid it breaking. In wood pencils you have a tapered-off construction that doesn't expose any more of the lead than you need to write with, but in mechanicals the lead is sticking straight out, just waiting to snap.Cherokee_Jack

Actually better models have a retracting "sleeve" that protects the lead. This is what my sketching pencil is like. (I don't carry this one around with me, less it be stolen)

I also prefer wooden ones. Why?

-they're much more pleaseant to hol (wood > plastic )

-there's bigger selection of them (soft, hard etc)

-with soft ones I have to put a lot less pressure on it to write than with mechanical ones.

To be honest I rarely use pencils to write though, I use normal Parker pen (better than any kind of pencil for writing) or just type on the laptop. If I use pencil I prefer wooden one for the reasons above as well as the fact that it's much better for doodles :D

Stubbornness, nostalgia, or maybe they just like chewing on them?DJ_Lae

Oh my goodness, I had that identical thought about 5 hours ago. I was about to take a midterm and saw that the girl next to me was using a regular pencil. She was sharpening it because I guess it wasn't sharp enough (it was a multiple choice sheet where you bubble in the circle, I don't really know how sharp you need a pencil to be for that. :|) and at that point I thought [insert your post here].

Anyways, I don't know why people still do use regular pencils. Perhaps it is out of habit or something, they may have learned to write using regular pencils as a child. Or maybe they prefer the feel of a regular pencil over the mechanical ones. Or is it because you can buy a massive pack of pencils for a low price (people do tend to often lose pencils).

Whatever the case, I never use pencils anymore. It's either my trusty Sheaffer fountain pen or nothing.

uhoh_hotdogs

I like the wooden better cause the mechanicle always breaks on me lol, and i write kinda hard so the wooden is best for me.ct1257860

Wooden ones feel heaps nicer to write with and are probably better for those who push hard like myself.kruesader

I use a lead holder...Cloud_Insurance

I have one of those too. I'd use it more if local stores carried the leads I needed.

[QUOTE="Cloud_Insurance"]I use a lead holder...ThePlothole

I have one of those too. I'd use it more if local stores carried the leads I needed.

I'm not a fan of mechanical pencils for a few reasons. As stated previously, the lead tends to break more often than it should. Another reason would be that my handwriting looks AWFUL if I use a sharp pencil. If the pencil is somewhat dull, it seems to move much more smoothly and I don't get jagged letters. I also tend to lose pencils fairly easily (although this year I've set a record for going 3 months with the same pencil, and it's still with me), and losing mechanical pencils is much more costly than losing wood ones.olion

I use the cheapest thing around, as I tend to leave everything behind me. Bic biro pens, and wooden pencils.

If I had a pencil case I would buy more useful stationary, but I just have a few crappy pens in my blazer pocket when in school.

I use this type of mechanical pencil. Papermate Non-stop. Cheap, effective, rarely breaks, nice eraser, and no annoying clicking.

I actually find the opposite of what many of the replies here have said. I actually find wooden ones to be less comfortable as I tend to get something like a minor blister on my finger after using one for a while. I also generally have leads break on me more when using a wodden pencil than a decent mechanical one, and even if mechanicals broke slightly more often, they take next to no time at all to "sharpen," which is, of course, the primary point of them.

A lot more people than I expected replied here, although it's obvious more people are buying mechanical pencils (where I live anyway) as they are almost all you find in stores anymore. At least now I know people actualy have specific reasons for using wooden ones. I thought of one of my own that might have applied way back in elemetary school: Having to sharpen a pencil was always a valid excuse for getting up from your seat.;)

It's a mystery :o-Shooter-

I guess it is if you didn't read anyone else's replies.

The mechanical ones always break.SolidSnake35