Overall, an extremely well built pencil; you can tell it was well engineered

I wanted a heavy well built pencil for drawing that I wouldn't ever have to replace

This pencil is very well built and feels great to write with

It has a very comfortable heavy weight to it, and it feels very well built

Very impressed with the feel of this tool, extremely comfortable and well built

Solid, quality feel in a mechanical pencil that I only find with rotring!

It's just a feel good purchase because the pencil looks premium at a glance

Heavy, but not overly so as the weight distribution is perfect with a very good feel during use.

The balance is good and the knurled grip has a more aggressive feel than the GG1000

nice heavy mechanical feel, and good lead advancement increments

On its arrival, the Rotring delegated it to 2nd place before I could even get the pencil completely out of its box (excellent packaging, is just one of many "little things" this product gets right

This is a wonderful "want" product, and not a "need" for most of us (myself included).

I am a mechanical pencil geek, and I have to say this is one of the best products you are going to get

Really, a great product, a great company, get it if you care about owning nice things.

If you want higher quality mechanical pencil, this is a good product to try out.

Positives for me on the r0tring 600:- nice metal feel- balanced weight that makes it comfortable to holdNegatives:- expensive- no rotating mechanism to keep

small)The rOtring- the sturdiest pencil I've ever used, made from solid metal-

this pencil is great, it is solid metal and writes nicely

But the Rotring takes it a step further making this portion of the pencil knurled metal (same as the grip employs) and tops it like a cherry with its iconic red ring "logo"

The design is amazing and the cool metal feel of the body automatically made this pencil my favorite

Great pencil and has a really nice weight and overall quality.

However, I cannot help but gravitate towards the heftier weight of the Rotring

The mechanicsm is smooth and never had any lead getting stuck, the tip is a serious problem, you are paying for a pencil that costs $30, but when your tip breaks you will be looking at an obsolete paper weight.

The weight is very nice, and it feels sturdy in the hand

It has a hefty weight, so one bad drop can permanently damage the sleeve, rendering it useless

Great balance - the knurling where you hold is perfect - not too sharp, but definitely won't slip in your fingers.

I love the barrel size, the weight is perfect, and the balance of the pencil is just right.

Not as sturdy / solid-feeling / well balanced...but a bit more comfortable (still wish it had a rubber grip)- unfortunately, looks a lot more like an ordinary pencil - not going to impress other people, if that's what you're

Their balance is very nice, grip is perfect and are built to last

I'm generally careful with my pencil but if it falls off the table it's balanced so it will always land on that nipple.

We as product designers love a nice design, we appreciate all the details that has been put into this pencil to make it this perfect

The design is amazing and the cool metal feel of the body automatically made this pencil my favorite

I don't believe this to be a sign of a poorly designed pencil, just something to be aware of and hope that luck is on your side

Great design, comfortable to hold, won't roll off a desk, very well made and writes as one would expect a more expensive technical pencil to write.

The design is now flawed, for an anti-functional reason

In the past, I've used Staedtler and such but for the price, they always felt a bit fragile, poorly weighted, and just generally not high quality

The quality of the pencil in terms of the body is amazing

I thought at first that the mechanical pencil was going to bad quality but no its a little heavy

Great Quality Pencil, that is well weighted, and writes well

The metal, matte, hefty build quality makes up for most of it.

It just feels great: it is very sturdy being full metal (a tank, really), weight is appropriate and it is very well balanced, the knurled grip is comfortable and grip is good

But that one also has a fatter grip which might be a factor making it more painful

It's the best mechanical pencil in the world, weighted perfectly and the grip is just perfect

Grip is extremely rough, with a texture similar to that of a metal file

The knurled grip is fantastic and the shape, length, and weight are ideal

This is a pencil that is highly made and holds up to a nice writing

If you want bragging rights or a really nice writing pencil, this is a good choice

it's non-plastic materials and closer to the weight of what makes a good writing instrument

As a geek with a weak spot for expensive writing stuff, I thouroughly enjoy using it

While I shouldn't drop my expensive writing materials, they also should be able to survive a medium drop considering the price and how solid the rest of the pencil is

This pencil is built like a tank but there is one major flaw: the weak, bendable tip.

The tip can break if the pencil is dropped for sat on while its sitting in your pocket

yet I like the idea of the retractable tip better in the 800

It does have a sharp tip that is not retractable, but that's what a pencil case is for

The tip is fragile, so I made a case for holding it in my pocket

My Precious!I don't know why the black version is more expensive

There are so many positives I'll focus on the issues that have merit

They also used to come in a nice unique plastic case with a large "O" (for rOtring) button on the side that you pressed to open it, with short smooth cushion inserts at each end to hold and guard the pencil when stored.

Got it because I don't like plastics because metal is awesome

Second, it feels better to write with this than a cheap plastic pencil

Maybe it can be prepared, I would recommend buying the pencil with a retractable tip if you're near a hard surface.

As a result of its weight, the non-retractable tip is highly vulnerable when it falls onto a hard surface, which will happen

I've dropped mine several times on hard surfaces and the thing refused to break

but I write small and love a

What I found with this pen is that it doesn't like to write on a single thickness of paper if just atop a hard-surface.

Unfortunately, this pencil does have one significant flaw: the tip of the pencil is very fragile and liable to break if dropped

The company is not responsible for my butter fingers, obviously, but if one drop makes these pencils unusable, I say you're paying a lot of money for design flaws.

It has a hefty weight, so one bad drop can permanently damage the sleeve, rendering it useless

The pencil has real heft, balanced perfectly and looks like it could take a drop from a 10 story building