Moderator, can request to move this thread to the original section where I posted? I posted this thread on the Hobby and Collectibles section but someone reported that this thread is in the wrong section and subsequently it was moved over here. Personally I feel this thread belongs to the Hobby section as collecting Mechanical pencils can be considered as a hobby.

Just ordered the following pencils, awaiting delivery
1. Uni Kuru Toga Roulette
2. Uni Kuru Toga Rubber grip
3. Pentel Smash (x2 in different colours)
4. Faber Castell Apollo

Faber Castell Tk Fine 0.5mm and Pentel Orenz Metal grip 0.5mm are currently out of stock.

It's the same thread as I requested the moderator to move this thread back to this Hobby and Collectible section. Not too sure who requested this thread to be removed from this section earlier last month.

Just checked on the Staedtler 925-85-05. Looks like this is discontinued model but Ebay has a listing selling a brand new one at USD125 which is equivalent to RM512.50.

The total 11 pencils which I paid for RM419.74 still cost less than your high-end Staedtler. Must be something special the 925-85-05.

Would like to check with folks who own Kuru Toga pencils. Does anyone experience a defective Kuru Toga pencil whereby the rotation of the pencil is erratic? In other words, the rotating mechanism does not rotate perfectly when you write and is stuck at one position as you write.

It is unfortunate that I just discovered my 2nd Kuru Toga Roulette is defective whereby the rotating mechanism does not rotate when I am writing. On the window, the logo was stuck at a position when I was writing and did not rotate. As a result, the lines are thick and smeared. It was only when I rotated the pencil on my own with my fingers to write on the sharp tip, then only the rotating mechanism of the Kuru Toga started to rotate ie. the logo on the window of the pencil started to move.

I opened up the tip of the pencil to inspect and tried rotating the thing with my fingers but all attempts failed to get the pencil to work properly. I was just wondering if any of you guys experienced a DEFECTIVE Kuru Toga pencil whereby the mechanism does not rotate properly or does not rotate at all. I can pin-point the problem as I have 2 Kuru Toga Roulette pencils. The other pencil works perfectly like a charm when I write. The logo on window of the pencil rotates perfectly without stopping as I counted every alphabet when I write. The logo on the window completes a full circle with approximately 20 alphabets without a miss. On the other hand, the logo on the window of the defective Roulette does not rotate and gets stuck for a long time even when I was writing..

Has anyone encountered this issue with any of your Kuru Toga pencils and managed to rectify the problem to get it working as normal?

By the way, if anyone wants a lighter B lead, please let me know if you want to swap with my Rotring Tikky B. Still intact with 12 leads inside albeit 1 lead is just slightly shorter. I'm looking to swap with similar Rotring Tikky 3B or 4B.

Send me a PM if interested, Klang Valley.

ps. this may be an unfair comparison since the grade of lead is different, but I actually find the Buncho 2B lead to write better than Rotring Tikky B lead as the Buncho is slightly smoother and darker. The Rotring Tikky B will be suitable for people who want a lighter shade.

I just ordered additional Kuru Toga pencils (Rubber Grip and Advance Upgrade) since the 2nd Roulette pencil is defective.

I've also received the Pentel Smash earlier. The grip of the pencil is good and comfortable, but as I expected, nothing beats a good working Kuru Toga really. With all other pencils, you would need to rotate the pencil on your own using your fingers if you want to maintain the sharpness of the lines. With the Kuru Toga, you don't need to rotate the pencil as it does its job for you, provided the mechanism is not defective of course.

The Pentel Smash looks unique though, and I bought them mainly for collection due to the nice colours, as crazy as it may sound.