Pacific Arc 2mm Lead Holder and Lead Sharpener, Green Drafting Pencil for Artist Drawing, Drafting, and Sketching...

It does what it is supposed to do.

Does what is advertised

This is not a mechanical pencil with lead advancement in increments by "knocking" the pencil; this is a gravity-fed clutch lead holder. If you release the clutch by depressing the end, the lead will simply fall out if you don't hold it close to your paper or over your hand. Likewise, when ready to put away, turn it upright, tip facing up, depress the end and the lead will slide back into the holder without having to push it back in or break the tip pushing it against your paper/table. Those who write a lot with these may not like that and prefer a mechanical pencil. Drawing or wood working where continual writing isn't what it's used for, may prefer this to knocking a mechanical. It appears to be a sturdy holder. The clutch is metal (shouldn't break or bend in a pocket or toolbox), the colored casing is plastic, but feels substantial, the knurled metal grip texture isn't too rough making fingertips sore with prolonged use, the clip is long enough to hold onto a shirt pocket or paper tablet and is also removable if it's in your way (drawing), the knurled band at the top end features a hardness indicator easily adjusted by rotating, and has a lead sharpener in the plunger cap. The cap isn't overly snug, so it may pull out if you grab it to remove the holder from a case or pocket (the one I received, anyway). Otherwise for the price, it's a decent lead holder that won't break the bank if lost. The hardness indicator offers 4H, 2H, H, F, HB, B, 2B (with room to write one more if needed....I use a white fine point Gelly Roll pen to do this.) It's lightweight, but still feels like something is in your hand unlike some fully plastic options. It's fairly evenly/center balanced. Lastly, for those of you who may have this holder in your hand in writing position for extended periods or for drawing, the corners are rounded where the faceted colored casing and the knurled metal grip meet.... saving your fingers from being "poked"; not all manufacturers do this as they should!

I have owned the H-1305 model in black for years and the lead indicator has been great with a range of 4H-2H-H-HB-B-2B. I wanted other colors so I ordered the red, blue and brown. The lead indicator on the blue and red were the same as my black one but the brown one has been changed in style (the cap) and in the range of leads indicated. The brown one is a model H-1305 but it only has 2H-HB-2B-B. This is very disappointing since I wanted all pens to be the same except for color.

Works great and holds the lead for the pencil quite well. I use the red lead for marking in my Bible and I'm quite pleased with it.