Cabinetmaker's Pencil Set

Lead Refills	Our pencil is the perfect solution. It won't dull like a carpenter pencil and won't break like a mechanical pencil.

• Extra-large 2.0mm lead provides strength for rough cutout lines for general carpentry, or sharpen for clean lines for fine furniture building.
• Comes with twelve 3-1/2" 2.0mm lead replacements, built-in lead sharpener and eraser.                                                                                                                      

So good, well made and cheap that after I got one I ordered another couple (as I'm always misplacing pencils anyway). Great around the workshop and one point that I don't think anyone else has mentioned, the tip is strong enough to extend so that you can mark through bracket holes - a job that I always find difficult with any other marker.

Nice pencil, IMHO. Pleasantly massive, well lays in hand. Line is also very nice for general marking. As for very fine marking - I use marking knife. Both knife and the pencil have their application in my workshop. In comparison to carpenter wooden pencils and mechanical pencils strong points are evident - this one is more comfortable to use and strogner in regard of lead strength. As for strength when fallen down - any other type of pencil will break easily if hits the floor or even bench. It just means I have to use it carefully. Good chisel can be damaged if dropped also - it does not mean it is weak point of the chisel. Thank you Rockler, nice product.

First impressions were great, perhaps a little heavy but all that metal- it should last a lifetime. The next day it fell about 2 feet and the threaded nylon insert attaching the heavy metal tip to the heavy metal barrel sheared off rendering it useless. It didn't even break the point off the lead. I won't be buying this again.

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This pencil lasted less than two weeks. The top (sharpener side) popped apart and all the guts came flying out. Started out being my favorite pencil and quickly became the worst in the shop!

This pencil is great in concept and poor in execution.  I have found the pencil to be extremely fragile-way too fragile for workshop use, in my opinion. The first few times it was dropped resulted in the point breaking, which I will accept as being my fault. Then, it drops out of my shirt pocket when I bent over (2-3 feet) and explodes. I was able to put it back together to where it was still useable. The other day I drop it out of my shirt pocket and it expodes again. This time I can't even get it back together. This particular item, falls way short of my expectation. Bottom line, if you buy this pencil, keep your receipt.

Asked for it for Christmas. First fall off the table 2 days later and the screw-on tip broke rendering the pencil useless. Avoids one star since I dropped it.

Like the pencil very much. bought at the sale price. After shipping and handling and taxes, the price was more than double. Still I bought it.

The pencil worked great until 5 months passed and now when I reload the pencil it just breaks the lead, and the mechanism is all stripped where the tip screws onto the loading mechanism. I'm a full-time cabinet maker and the pencil was perfect. Unfortunately I can't even use the pencil anymore because the lead breaks and the tip doesn't stay on. If these problems were not there I would have given this product a Solid 5

I really liked the pencil however, in a shirt pocket,the cap with the lip on it catches on things as you work. The cap has disappeared.Still have the pencil but it's unusable without the cap.

I have had 2 of these pencils and like the convenience of a mechanical pencil but both suffered the same fate. I dropped them on the concrete floor and they were toast. I would rate it 5-stars except for the durability. Sorry to say I won't be ordering another one.

I cannot recommend this pencil. Drop it once and the top will break off. I got one week use out of the pencil. I think mechanical pencils are great but they have to be tough for the shop otherwise there is no use having it around.

Here is yet another Rockler product that I would award ten stars but they only allow five. At special, I also bought five, and now I wonder if that will be enough. These are great - make that TRULY OUTSTANDING in comparison to the literally crummie wood pencils being passed off as writing implements, for which workable sharpeners no longer exist unless you happen to find an old handcrank mechanical at a garage sale, maybe. Speaking of sharpening, these super-duty jobs include a nifty sharpener in the eraser module. No instructions, however, so I'll tell you: Pop the blue cap on the eraser handle, then unscrew the pencil's cone and insert the lead into the small center hole and spin the pencil geently & carefully to shave the lead into a very long-tapered point. You may need to advance the lead some, and can simply press the cap in part way to push/slide it back in if necessary until you get the hang of the amount needed - probably the first time you fiddle with it. Simply put, advance the lead minus the screw-on cone until you can shave the lead, do so, and just put the cone back on, it should be just right. It's actually very easy, just unlike any other that at least I've ever seen. But excellent! Heavy duty clunky, but excellent! ...This is the Crocodile Dundee knife of the mechanical pencil world! Saying, "That's not a pencil, Mate, THIS is a pencil!" as you rip away the other guy's framing square with it. ...If it was all black, it would have to be classified as an ASSAULT PENCIL. Just kidding - this pencil is just so impressive it can get you thinking silly. Seriously, BUY THIS PENCIL!!! You'll throw rocks at all the others out there. Actually, like the oldtimers tell you about fish hooks, "Buy three: One to use, one to lose, one to lend." Except you won't dare lend it, ever, unless you can stand guard over it the whole time, and not just because it's expensive. It's like loaning someone your Humvee. Would you? I think not.

 Submitted  on 12/13/2011 (Update of previous review dated 4/4/2011: Still 5*s, but after some use, and recalling why the infamous carpenter's all-wood pencils are FLAT because even multi-sided ones ROLL! and these roll too! and when they do, onto the floor, point first, the nearly-indestructible pointed cap guiding the lead that is held on by the white plastic lead gripper attached to the brass lead-holding tube,instead breaks off its plastic mounting thread. It is not repairable nor replaceable. This plastic threaded holder is so fragile that it is unlikely that anyone will ever use up the supply of leads that come with each pencil. And it is a ridiculous waste of a ten dollar pencil th have it rendered inoperable by a single fall to the floor.

Submitted on 3/15/2012 Last April I bought 5 of these and by December three had become inoperable due to a fall to the floor that broke off the fragile white plastic thread that holds the lead and the conical metal tip that guides the lead, and wrote then and suggested as a new product as well, that Rockler needs to make available the inner mechanism that breaks so easily due to that ridiculously fragile plastic inner part of what I originally described as a heavy-duty "ASSAULT PENCIL" in my first review. Four months has gone by yet no replacement inserts are listed. Unless your workshop floor has wall-to-wall plush pile carpet, or you intend to wear this pencil on a lanyard around your neck, I would very strongly recommend that no one buy this pencil until replacement inserts are also listed in the catalog. Otherwise you will likely never even use up your very first lead, for the same reason that three out of my five are already useless. These fall and break so easily that I hesitate to use the remaining two at all! $40 pissed away, for what?

Like a lot of other people, the pencil was great, until I dropped it - good bye pencil tip.

I love the feel and heft of this pencil, but after a week, the lead stopped advancing. After a month, the end of the barrel fell off while clipped to my shirt still haven't found the missing part... The pencil receives 5 stars for looks and feel, but unfortunately, receives the lowest of marks for quality and durability.

Broke first time I dropped it.

The plastic in the tip is not very durable and snaps easily when you drop the pencil. I was enjoying it quite a bit before that occurred. I would not purchase again.

Mine fell off my work station from a height of around 2 feet. The metal tip broke off due to the plastic on the inside breaking. Now I can't use the pencil anymore due to this. It's really too bad too as I really enjoyed the pencil for the short life that I had it less than a month. As it stands, I won't get a new one because things get dropped around the shop, and if this breaks every time it is dropped, it's no longer worth the money.

I second all the comments about how fragile it is. Maybe the redesigned one is better, but both of the ones I bought broke in very short order after being dropped. Anything shopworthy should be able to survive a 3 ft drop to the floor. I don't just mean the lead breaks-the whole mechanism shatters beyond repair. I have an old drafting pencil that uses the same size lead and have found it to be much more durable. It has survived several drops. I would suggest going that route rather than risking $ on this.

This is okay if you are used to using thin mechanical pencils, bad if used to thicker carpenter pencils. The lead holds up alright but the pencil easily lost traction to advance the lead. Don't put in in your pocket, it will come apart. It is for the shop table only, not to be used anywhere else, especially in the field environment. Good idea, not great in application.

They got me during online checkout. It was on sale 50% off, so I tried it. I do like it. It is not plastic at all! ALL METAL no easy breakage! You can sharpen it to a tip that will fit inside an incra square. The eraser has a sharpener built in as well, but it will even give you a finer point than the one in the end of the pencil! Its a good buy. No regrets!

Not a bad pencil, however, it would be a bit more professional looking if Rockler didn't chose to take advantage and splash its name across it in huge letters. Pens I get that are loaded with advertising, I normally get for free.

The inside mechanism is made out of the cheapest, flimsiest plastic. While opening the package, the pencil fell from my hands to the table maybe an 8"-10" fall and the tip broke off. This thing has no place in a cabinetmaker's shop or apron, where it's bound to get dropped, sat on and knocked around.

I loved the pencil until I dropped it and the plastic threads in the tip broke off. I liked the feel and heft of it . I hope the 2 new pencils I ordered last longer than the original. If I had read the reviews before I ordered, I would have had second thoughts about reordering.

I was excited to get this pencil. I don't like mechanical pencils because the lead is to fine. I loved out of the package. Then I dropped it and the pusher broke off. If the inside was as beefy as the outside this would be a great pencil.

Drop it once and throw it away. I was hoping for so much more. Bobbled it from 3 feet and watched it bounce into 3 pieces. Oh well, I have learned my lesson.

The thick lead is good for leaving nice lines without breaking the lead all the time. The diameter is bigger than I would like, and it doesn't fit any of my tool belt pencil loops. The biggest downfall is that the metal tip screws to a very weak piece of plastic. One drop that inpacts the tip and the whole thing is useless also is the heavy end...so it's going to drop point first. Better options out there for less money.

Looks real nice but heaven forbid that you drop it because you can kiss it goodbye, I speak from experience, save your money.

The pencil lead itself is the only redeeming quality of the set. The eraser is considerably smaller than the picture suggests and falls out of the plastic blue sleeve easily. The pencil itself has very good heft, but when dropped on my garage floor the plastic that held the metal finger hold to the shaft of the pencil broke and the Pencil is now useless. After only a few weeks of use, an $11.00 pencil should still work and work well.

I bought three - if looks counts, this is a great pencil. If working counts, don't waste your money. I dropped one on my work bench and the second on the floor. Both are now trash. The thin "plastic" threaded tube that holds the "metal" tip on breaks very, very easily. I gave one to my step son that runs a construction company - I embarrassed that I gave it to him.

The first pencil set broke when I dropped it so giving this mistake a second chance another pencil broke simply using it. I'm not going to get fooled on this poorly designed piece again! The plastic internal components are brittle and do not even withstand normal day to day use.

First of all I've had this pencil for 4+ years and always liked it. However today I dropped it from about 18" off the floor and it literally fell apart. That's the bad news. The good news was that when I called Rocklers to see what they could do they stood behind their product and replaced it free of charge. I find it refreshing to get that kind of service on a product four years old, well out of warranty, and not even a receipt. While the pencil gets 3 stars Rockler gets 5 stars for their treatment of customers. Thanks

Great pencil, loved it since the Sept 2012 purchase. Then it fell, just right, and the cheap plastic threaded inside tip broke. Not happy. Wait I got an idea - super clue the tip on, doesn't need to be removed anyhow. Fixed pencil and a new one on the way. Don't throw away the old one!