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Tumbling K said:

in my line of work, I'm very up to date on lead and their varying hardness levels. When I first started in drafting, we used to manually draft all of our design documents, plans, sections, and isometric drawings, all with a straight edge, and a lead holder. Not a pencil, but a mechanical lead holder, oh and the compass.

needed several to hold the different leads, for different objects on the face of the drawings. Some objects needed thicker darker lines, some finer and sharper, hence the requirement for leads with different hardness.

Chris, you sour and WV just keep your thoughts to yourselves on lead holders with hard lead in them.

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Tumbling K said:

in my line of work, I'm very up to date on lead and their varying hardness levels. When I first started in drafting, we used to manually draft all of our design documents, plans, sections, and isometric drawings, all with a straight edge, and a lead holder. Not a pencil, but a mechanical lead holder, oh and the compass.

needed several to hold the different leads, for different objects on the face of the drawings. Some objects needed thicker darker lines, some finer and sharper, hence the requirement for leads with different hardness.

Chris, you sour and WV just keep your thoughts to yourselves on lead holders with hard lead in them.

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Tumbling K said:

love me the smell of campfire in the moanin's......lol

bacon is good anytime, but cooked in a cast iron skillet over a camp fire? shut-yo-mowff good!!

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Tumbling K said:

in my line of work, I'm very up to date on lead and their varying hardness levels. When I first started in drafting, we used to manually draft all of our design documents, plans, sections, and isometric drawings, all with a straight edge, and a lead holder. Not a pencil, but a mechanical lead holder, oh and the compass.

needed several to hold the different leads, for different objects on the face of the drawings. Some objects needed thicker darker lines, some finer and sharper, hence the requirement for leads with different hardness.

Chris, you sour and WV just keep your thoughts to yourselves on lead holders with hard lead in them.

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DwayneNLiz said:

well, nobody wants a soft lead

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DwayneNLiz said:

well, nobody wants a soft lead

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sourland said:

Was never big on the mechanical lead holders - felt far more at home with the hand held version, and yes indeed hard lead lasts longer and makes a greater impression.

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DwayneNLiz said:

agreed, and really the only thing a soft lead is good for is art
cant use it for much else

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Tumbling K said:

it would be a great calorie burner!!

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Tumbling K said:

in my line of work, I'm very up to date on lead and their varying hardness levels. When I first started in drafting, we used to manually draft all of our design documents, plans, sections, and isometric drawings, all with a straight edge, and a lead holder. Not a pencil, but a mechanical lead holder, oh and the compass.

needed several to hold the different leads, for different objects on the face of the drawings. Some objects needed thicker darker lines, some finer and sharper, hence the requirement for leads with different hardness.

Chris, you sour and WV just keep your thoughts to yourselves on lead holders with hard lead in them.

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WVduckchick said:

Fine.

me thinks you know us too well... lol

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