Comments on: Review of Lamy Scribble. http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/ Pencil Philosophy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:47:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: John Rochelle http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-181997 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:58:14 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-181997 I use the Lamy Scribble with the thicker lead. It doesn't come with the useless eraser, and is bombproof. It's a great sketcher, and with a lead pointer can be used for notes on a Rhodia lined pad with great results. I use the Lamy Scribble with the thicker lead. It doesn’t come with the useless eraser, and is bombproof. It’s a great sketcher, and with a lead pointer can be used for notes on a Rhodia lined pad with great results.

]]> by: mardig kalarchian http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-106369 Tue, 08 May 2007 00:30:47 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-106369 can I buy a lamy special in New York City. If YES, where?? can I buy a lamy special in New York City. If YES, where??

]]> by: hinges http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-2635 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:11:28 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-2635 i am thinking of buying the scribble...but is anything better than it in the same price range?! i am thinking of buying the scribble…but is anything better than it in the same price range?!

]]> by: Max Jensen http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-2077 Thu, 25 May 2006 19:46:49 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-2077 I always carry my Scribble (0.7) with me. That and a Lamy 2000 (also 0.7) are by far my favourites! Especially the 2000 is a masterpiece! It's design is bauhaus simplicity, the build quality is great and the macrolon is light and a pleasure to hold. And thanks for a great blog! I always carry my Scribble (0.7) with me. That and a Lamy 2000 (also 0.7) are by far my favourites! Especially the 2000 is a masterpiece! It’s design is bauhaus simplicity, the build quality is great and the macrolon is light and a pleasure to hold.
And thanks for a great blog!

]]> by: Bruce http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-1513 Sat, 22 Apr 2006 23:10:13 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-1513 Thanks for the Scribble review. I had never seen or heard of this pencil prior to visiting your site. I've become an avid MP user in the last couple years but have been frustrated with cheaply made, badly designed models. The Scribble appeared to be exactly what I was looking for. Scribbles are surprizingly hard to find in the U.S. I found one online at DickBlick.com (an art supply store) and am now a very happy owner of the 0.7 mm model. It's such a nicely constructed piece--perfect weight and simplicity of design--and I'm enjoying it immensely. No more rubberized pencil grips for me! The Scribble is a bit shorter than I was imagining (e.g., it's shorter than any of my Pentel MPs), but it's just long enough for comfortable writing and just short enough to hide in a pocket. It IS pricey, but as this activity comprises a very large part of my daily work, it's easily worth it. Thanks, Bruce Thanks for the Scribble review. I had never seen or heard of this pencil prior to visiting your site.

I’ve become an avid MP user in the last couple years but have been frustrated with cheaply made, badly designed models. The Scribble appeared to be exactly what I was looking for.

Scribbles are surprizingly hard to find in the U.S. I found one online at DickBlick.com (an art supply store) and am now a very happy owner of the 0.7 mm model.

It’s such a nicely constructed piece–perfect weight and simplicity of design–and I’m enjoying it immensely. No more rubberized pencil grips for me!

The Scribble is a bit shorter than I was imagining (e.g., it’s shorter than any of my Pentel MPs), but it’s just long enough for comfortable writing and just short enough to hide in a pocket.

It IS pricey, but as this activity comprises a very large part of my daily work, it’s easily worth it.

Thanks,
Bruce

]]> by: David http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-713 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:16:43 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-713 Another reply re the eraser needle. I looked on a few retailer websites and they show a mixture of Z19 erasers with and without needle, so certainly looks like there have been some changes over time. Well Eolt its great you have mechanical pencil erasers that you are happy with, I really wish I could join you, but sadly I find most mechanical pencil erasers to be too small, a poor compound, or something. I really believe MP's should have erasers and I just can't understand why they can't have good ones. Perhaps it really means that I'm just a difficult hard to please person? Another reply re the eraser needle. I looked on a few retailer websites and they show a mixture of Z19 erasers with and without needle, so certainly looks like there have been some changes over time.

Well Eolt its great you have mechanical pencil erasers that you are happy with, I really wish I could join you, but sadly I find most mechanical pencil erasers to be too small, a poor compound, or something. I really believe MP’s should have erasers and I just can’t understand why they can’t have good ones. Perhaps it really means that I’m just a difficult hard to please person?

]]> by: Ron http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-710 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:41:05 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-710 That, sir, is a matter of opinion. That, sir, is a matter of opinion.

]]> by: Eolt http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-709 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 02:22:07 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-709 What do you mean about pencils. I have many mechanical pencils and all of them, from the 10cent bic to my Papermate Phd,and on and all of them have errasers that a 5 times as good as the best wooden pencil. What do you mean about pencils. I have many mechanical pencils and all of them, from the 10cent bic to my Papermate Phd,and on and all of them have errasers that a 5 times as good as the best wooden pencil.

]]> by: David http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-696 Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:42:47 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-696 Well nice to get some comments on my Scribble review. Thanks very much. The Retro 51 Tornado is a fine pencil too. Go on, indulge yourself and get one! Actually at the risk of getting labelled a pencil nut (lol) I will admit to owning 3 Scribbles and 3 Tornados. Stephen - I wonder perhaps if Lamy have changed the Scribble. Yes, my eraser definitely does have a needle. You can (just) see it on the photo of the Scribble Z19 spare eraser on the Lamy website (lamy.com). As to the body material, the Lamy website states "two component synthetic material". Mine is definitely a plastic body and metal end caps. If you look really hard you can see the mould part line on the body, which is a fine sandblast type finish produced by sandblasting, or spark eroding, or several other possible methods of mould manufacture. It is a really heavy hard "metal like" engineering plastic though, which is what most two part resins (like epoxy) are. Having said all that, I found one retailers website which said Scribble was brass. So, certainly they aren't metal now, but perhaps they were? Anyway, all food for thought. I have never actually bought an E-Motion. Its on the list though! Well nice to get some comments on my Scribble review. Thanks very much. The Retro 51 Tornado is a fine pencil too. Go on, indulge yourself and get one! Actually at the risk of getting labelled a pencil nut (lol) I will admit to owning 3 Scribbles and 3 Tornados.

Stephen - I wonder perhaps if Lamy have changed the Scribble. Yes, my eraser definitely does have a needle. You can (just) see it on the photo of the Scribble Z19 spare eraser on the Lamy website (lamy.com). As to the body material, the Lamy website states “two component synthetic material”. Mine is definitely a plastic body and metal end caps. If you look really hard you can see the mould part line on the body, which is a fine sandblast type finish produced by sandblasting, or spark eroding, or several other possible methods of mould manufacture. It is a really heavy hard “metal like” engineering plastic though, which is what most two part resins (like epoxy) are. Having said all that, I found one retailers website which said Scribble was brass. So, certainly they aren’t metal now, but perhaps they were?
Anyway, all food for thought. I have never actually bought an E-Motion. Its on the list though!

]]> by: Stephen http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-695 Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:02:17 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/02/review-of-lamy-scribble/#comment-695 Thanks for the nice review and photos. I have the 0.7mm and 3.15mm Scribble mechanical pencils, and the Scribble ballpoint. I like them all, though the 3.15mm MP is the only one I regularly use. About some things the review mentions - is the body really plastic? If it is, this is a really unique composition. I've always thought they were metal, even after years of handling. Both the surface and weight led me to think this. Also, the eraser needle - I wasn't aware of this either, as mine is either absent or broken. I don't use 0.5 or 0.7mm MPs much - since I found the 1.4mm <a>E-Motion</a>, and later 3.15mm MPs, I have used these formats. The leads don't break, and they seem much more capable in terms of creating lines. The Tornado Sudoku is a nice looking pencil - I'd like to get one, but newsprint seems to call out for the softest, darkest lead possible, and an ordinary woodcase 4B or 6B works pretty well for the Sunday puzzles. Thanks for the nice review and photos.

I have the 0.7mm and 3.15mm Scribble mechanical pencils, and the Scribble ballpoint. I like them all, though the 3.15mm MP is the only one I regularly use.

About some things the review mentions - is the body really plastic? If it is, this is a really unique composition. I’ve always thought they were metal, even after years of handling. Both the surface and weight led me to think this. Also, the eraser needle - I wasn’t aware of this either, as mine is either absent or broken.

I don’t use 0.5 or 0.7mm MPs much - since I found the 1.4mm E-Motion, and later 3.15mm MPs, I have used these formats. The leads don’t break, and they seem much more capable in terms of creating lines.

The Tornado Sudoku is a nice looking pencil - I’d like to get one, but newsprint seems to call out for the softest, darkest lead possible, and an ordinary woodcase 4B or 6B works pretty well for the Sunday puzzles.

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