Dad made these cool. I'll be honest from the get-go. They're retractable just like those in this post. Dad made these cool enough, they've earned their very own post. They're sleek, shiny, black, manly, & their erasers, which are oftentimes green, get their very own cover - which is also a very shiny metal. If I were to purchase one today, I'd be getting one of these...because...of course, they manufacture them in blue now too. 😂💙Dad's profession had been as an engineer; he's meticulous & precise, thorough & calculated. These are the traits I grew to know, & expect from, these retractable, although identifiable also as "mechanical", pencils.
There are many options in these pencils now-a-days (...at this link Amazon is offering a three pack including three separate colors...) & many options in lead too. Dad had plastic sleeves of this size lead on hand for his pencils. Whereas the other pencils, like those in this post from yesterday, usually used this size lead. The lead Dad used provided for a sleeker, softer flow of the lead across the paper while writing. This is just what I came to expect from those mechanical pencils. And it made for the specialness of working on my studies (especially all that was math & natural science - his strong suits, not mine) with Dad. I felt like I was getting more accomplished & learning more because of the confidence he radiated as we bonded in these moments over my school assignments.
We kids never had one of our own, though we knew that when we'd be working on our homework & Dad would be around & getting involved with helping us out, we'd be using those he'd have stashed [read: organized into their appropriate slots] in his work briefcase.
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