Ever since I was a little kid I always enjoyed raiding the supplies closet at my dad’s engineering firm and stealing the super expensive (as in like <$8) .05 mechanical pencils. I remember my mom would always get upset with me because I would press down to hard and break the lead.

Well now I am all grown up, and I still break lead like Evel Knievel broke bones. At least my employer provides me with unlimited refills.

The point is, I love using 0.5 mechanical pencils, they bring joy to my every day life.