Kitaboshi 2.0mm Mechanical Pencil, Wooden Barrel, With Lead Sharpener, #1 B, Black Lead, 1ea (OTP-680NST), natural wood color w/sharpener

If you love the warm, nostalgic feel of a traditional wooden pencil but crave the modern convenience and consistency of a mechanical lead holder, the Kitaboshi is the absolute holy grail. The first thing you notice is the body. It is crafted from beautiful, lightweight American incense cedar, giving it that authentic, organic pencil feel and a subtle, pleasant wood aroma. It sits beautifully in the hand, offering a low-fatigue drawing experience that heavy metal or cheap plastic holders simply cannot replicate. Mechanically, it operates on a precise click-advance system rather than a drop-clutch, meaning the lead advances securely by a millimeter with each click—no accidental drop-outs or broken graphite on your desk. The factory-installed B lead is unbelievably smooth, buttery, and responsive, gliding effortlessly across the paper without hitting any scratchy impurities. It yields beautiful, rich mid-tones and blends flawlessly for global value work. As an extra bonus, the matching minimal lead pointer included in the cap works like a charm, letting you achieve a needle-sharp point completely mess-free. It’s an incredibly elegant, minimalist tool that brings the pure joy back to analog drawing. Highly recommended for anyone looking to elevate their studio workspace!

Everything about this pencil is beautiful: the design, the wood, the metal, the feel, the build-quality, the function and the packaging- all at an incredibly low price. Highly recommended

The feel of the kitaboshi itself feels like real wood and it is! just it is polished and well made to make it more smooth to the touch as for the design is so appealing and attractive…. The lead doesn’t disappoint because I can tell very easily it is the same manufacturer of the Mitsubishi lead graphite maker and it is so smooth and buttery. I love it 🥰 Japan knows well when it comes to products such as stationary for school or art stuff or other thing for home or utilities they go above and beyond. I wish the USA could do that to but is limited in that front…. Over all 8 out of 10 I highly recommend anyone regardless if you are a collector or an enthusiast or something else you must have it. Is so stylish and beautiful 💖

This is one of the finest lead holders money can buy. If you love writing with wood case pencils this may be the lead holder for you. It is made out of quality cedar, rigid and sturdy while still being lightweight. It is the perfect hexagon shape, not too wide, and the length feels comfy. It weighs in at 10.5 grams (with lead in) and has a really nice balance. The one difference in feel from a wood case pencil is that it has a rounded conical metal tip, rather than a classic triangular conical tip, but this is super super nit picky. I use it with an eraser cap, they do fit but are very very tight and can be annoying when advancing lead, not an issue for me. The lead is amazing, so smooth and dark, but you will need to sharpen often. I would suggest using a long point sharpener like a Uni lead pointer. The one downside to this pencil for me is that it is an incremental clutch. I personally like the feel of a drop clutch as it grabs the lead right at the tip and gives you a very stable point to write/draw from, much more similar to wood case. Many incremental clutch designs let the lead wobble ever so slightly within the tip sleeve. With that said Kitaboshi has done an exceptional job at dealing with this issue, there is the tiniest tiniest amount of wobble from the lead. Most people would not notice and is a total non issue, but I can notice when switching between wood case and my other clutch pencils. For now I still prefer my Koh-I-Noor Versatil 5211 and 5201, both are great balanced hexagonal lead holders. Downside to 5211 is that it is plastic and bends a bit when writing/drawing. The 5201 is the sturdiest pencil I have, but the downside is that it is a bit heavy for me and my hand gets tired from time to time. Still waiting for someone to make a quality drop clutch wood case Lead Holder!!!

I have to admit, I love this pencil. It's a mechanical pencil that feels just like a regular pencil - the wood barrel is just a fraction thicker than a standard pencil. The satin finish to the wood barrel makes it easy to hold. I bought 4h leads for it to make light undersketches for watercolors. The great thing about using a 2mm lead is that you can tilt it to create thicker lines, but using a hard lead means the sketch is less likely to wash out, making your watercolor look dirty. It comes with a very different looking sharpener (meant for sharpening the lead only), but it works great. It's very easy to change/refill leads too. You can pull out the clicker off the end and drop it in that way, but I think it's easier to just hold the clicker down and drop the new lead in through the point. No messy wood chips, very comfortable to hold.

I found this pencil very refreshing to use. Brought back some of the more romantic and true feel and use of a regular pencil. This isn't a clutch pencil, its a pump actin pencil with a very slight but pleasant cedar like aroma with it. The scent of the cedar helped me relax while using it. The weight can take some getting used to. Ad your mind automatically thinks its a regular pencil. The balance is excellent and the punp action function is great and holds the 2mm graphite very secure. However my only issue with this pencil is the tip cap came loose very easily in my daypack after only 3 day's. Id make sure to keep this in a pencil box or organizer to protect it and to keep it from breaking. Overall i like it a lot, it gives your hsnd a pleasant grip and the excellent balance allowed me to use it in the wand technique and for more direct sketching and detailed drawings. The weight is Great afer you get used to it. Using it once you get the hang of it doesn't leave in roads on your paper, depending on your choice of paper though. Im pleased and happy i bought it. Every bit of a more real pencil sensation gives you great freeness and relaxed approach to drawing. Plus i love the slight aroma of cedar wood. Very pleased with this pencil. Definitely recommend for helping artists relax and have fun again instead of focusing on the perfect image this pencil gives back that old school free feeling of just holding a pencil and letting your heart and mind lead your hand. Great buy

fast shipping would purchase again from this seller bought for husband who loves this pencil. He agrees that it is the best mechanical pencil in the world and loves it. best present ever worth it. high quality, portability, weight, grip and comfort.

Kitaboshi is my favorite mechanical pencil. Basically the pencil feels good in the hand & provides a fairly smooth writing experience for a pencil. But the selling point for me was the dark black lead (graphite?) color! So many pencils write in such a light a grey (even some #1s) but this lead is DARK and wonderful! You can even sharpen it to as fine a point as you like with the included sharpener. I just ordered more refills for this pencil, but then ended up also just buying another one of these Kitaboshi pencils in black. I still adore the natural wood color of this one, but decided to try the black one also since you can't own too many favourite mechanical pencils. I hope they never stop making this pencil.