The GOAT

I already own that exact same Kuru Toga, so this one's a no-brainer.

Anyone who deliberately picks the Sharpwriter or the Bic needs keeping an eye on; we need to keep those kinds of people on a list.

I'm a pen/pencil freak who's spent an amazing amount of money on them, and I'd choose 2.

Ticonderoga #2, an absolute classic.

3 Kuru Toga. Every time

#9 : Steadler 925 35-05b. It's my first nice mechanical pencil and it's just so nice to use.

The graphgear 1000 seems great too, I've never tried one tho.

2, always

3 Kuru Toga

#3 is the best mechanical I’ve ever owned, hands down. 3 all day long.

Probably #1, I love the weight of the metal at the bottom.

This one

Anyone who uses #7 by choice is a freak

Who writes with a pencil? Drawing.... Okay... But writing is what fountain pens are for.

I'd rather fucking kill myself.

How about none of the above? But I kind of like those triangular pencils.

I prefer 2mm mechanical pencils instead of the 0.5mm ones.

The fact that Rotring, Staedtler, Faber-Castell, and K&E mechanical pencils are missing is deeply troubling.

I also have an emotional thing for the Pentel P200 series, and the Pentel Techniclick in black has been my absolute personal favourite for light-duty scribbling and note-taking/math since the 90s.

I would suggest that the Dixon Ticonderoga is the most reliable, most cost-efficient, and easiest-to-use writing utinsil in the history of humanity.*

Each other option has more points of potential failure and additional complexities over the Ticonderoga. While more complicated tools may net you some improvement in writing style or sharpness, they are massive trade-offs in more basic areas.

This would be much the same question if it were "what car would you drive for the rest of your life" between fancy ones like Ferraris and Lambos to cheaper, more reliable ones like Corollas and Civics. Everyone likes the look of the Ferrari -- but the only car for the rest of your life? It's got to be reliable, or you're going nowhere. You want to be able to keep driving.

The Ticonderoga guarantees you can keep writing.

*intentionally overselling it for humor. But it is a nice, simple, good-quality pencil.

Pentel.

Always.

I prefer the p20x series personally but just about every mech pencil I've ever used from them has been excellent

Staedtler 35-05B but I guess 3 looks closest so I'll take that

Wtf is this shit? No Rotring. No Alvin. No Koh-i-Noor. I guess I have to take the GraphGear, but it's under duress.

No carpenter's pencil?

I'm a Pentel man but the one pictured doesn't look very comfy. I'd want something closer to #6.

Come on, where is the Pentel P200 series?

Edit: I'll take the koh-i-noor 2mm of available

A pen.

Rotring rapid pro 0.7mm

This is the real personality tests, fuck Myers-Briggs and astrology. I need to know your choices for stationary.

3

I do all my art with 5.

5 all the way

5

If I'm only allowed one type of pencil it's good old #2 (I'm more of a pen snob)

6 was what I ended up with after considering all options before I went fully digital.

Better grip and easy to refill

7 all the way. Though a nice metal mechanical pencil does sound nice.