Kitaboshi Pencil Review (9352 or 9351) (Red or Vermillion)

I have a thing for pencils, peculiarly ruby/blue pencils, but you knew that already, didn't you? So, in my never ending hunt for red/blue pencils, I occasionally run across crimson mark pencils. These are also extremely useful. For virtually people, these are correction pencils or grading pencils. For me, these are sketching pencils so my criteria for usefulness is frequently slightly different.

For grading, teachers are looking for red pencils that tin't be erased. I've come up to empathize that in Japan, there is a tendency to adopt a warmer, crimson-orange color rather than a bright burn down engine ruby-red as information technology seems less harsh  in the already over-angst ridden Japanese educational system.

For correction notes in a professional setting, erasability is an either/or suggestion.  It's not necessary but tin exist helpful if someone changes their mind about a change in a document.

For sketching, I similar beingness able to erase but for a lot of artists, its non necessary. The point of sketching in red is that you tin can then ink over your red lines, scan in your drawings in color and then drop out the red channel in RGB and voila! No sketch lines. Hence, the need to erase is not necessary. I like to be able to erase some of the lines merely because they can get a fiddling distracting. I similar the reddish lead (or blue, likewise an option) because its less smudge-y than graphite as its ordinarily wax-based and tends to stay put or fade rather than plow my paper all greyness if smudged.

And then, I thought I'd round up the pile of red pencils (not artist class, and so there are no Prismacolors or the similar in here) that I've acquired and show you the differences.

I tested these in a sketchbook with toothy 60lb drawing paper and then did some additional tests on Rhodia smooth paper too.

The Hex-Shaped:

Viking Valgblyant Colossal ($3) The Viking is the only jumbo-sized scarlet pencil in the mix and while I'g not sure the original intention for information technology, I was charmed by its white gloss paint, dipped end and hole drilled in the cease as if to hang it by a clipboard for marking off orders. It also erased pretty well then I might work well for quick under sketches on large canvases, for outdoor marking or other big projects. I'm envisioning information technology used for wall murals possibly?  The thick pb would make it durable also for heavy hands. The lead was a warmer, orangey red simply it felt a piddling dry and chalky overall.

Ticonderoga Erasable Carmine Ruddy ($9.69/doz.) Oh, Ticonderoga. I go on trying. The box I purchased was a "fabricated in Mexico" set I picked up at my local large box office supply store. I was hoping it would bode well for the quality. I resharpened them from the mill "pre-sharpened" indicate in hopes of getting a less scratchy writing/drawing experience. Overall, it was a pretty dry, hard pencil. Information technology made erasing very challenging also for a pencil clearly labelled "erasable". At the price point, they are most $0.80 per pencil which is twice the price of the Musgraves.

Musgrave Hermitage 510 Thin Red ($0.40) The Musgrave Hermitage Thin is the classic red checking pencil. It's the to the lowest degree expensive in this group and I'd consider the baseline past which to judge all other red pencils. It is a solid choice. The color is a good true red, the price couldn't be improve and the await is archetype. The Hermitage is yet made in the USA, it is a fairly sharp hex and has a pleasant creamy consistency.

Mitsubishi Hard 7700 ($2) The Mitsubishi Difficult 7700 is cooler in colour than their Fine Vermillion 2451 circular. The terminate is unfinished but a beautiful sleeky finish with a soft hex shape. Information technology keeps a good indicate but feels a bit drier on cartoon paper than the Ticonderoga.

Of the iii hex-shaped red pencils, the Musgrave was my favorite core, the Mitsubishi had the best feel in the paw because of the stop.

The Rounds:

Kitabobshi Red Pencil 9352 ($1) The core of the Kitaboshi Blood-red is the coolest red colour of the three round pencils I found. The consistency of the cadre of the Carmine and Vermillion feel similar. They are both soft but drier than a Prismacolor.

Kitaboshi Vermillion Pencil 9351 ($1) The Kitaboshi Vermillion is nigh the aforementioned color and consistency equally the Mitsubishi Fine Vermillion Hard. I can't tell that the core consistency is all that different than the Musgrave or the hex Mitsubishi merely if you lot prefer circular pencils over hex shaped pencils, than either of the Kitaboshi would be a good selection.

Mitsubishi Fine Vermillion Hard 2451 ($2.50) The biggest difference is that the Mitsubishi Fine Vermillion Difficult has a finished end with ferrule and eraser. Information technology'south the most expensive and the exterior terminate doesn't feel whatsoever smoother than the Kitaboshi. If yous like the warmer ruddy color and like a round pencil, go with the Kitaboshi over the Mitsubishi Fine Hard.

I more often than not prefer hex-shaped pencils though for colored pencils I love Prismacolors so I practise make exceptions. These round red pencils don't offer more than the hex red pencils.

The Mechanicals:

Pilot Color Eno 0.7mm Mechanical ($2.75 & $1.65 for 6-lead refill) While the mechanical pencil bodies don't really affair hither, the Pilot Color Eno 0.7mm may exist the gateway for some into the earth of colored mechanical pencil leads. You can put any color atomic number 82 into any mechanical pencil equally long as its the correct diameter. The standard Colour Eno leads are fairly soft and a niggling on the pink side.

Uni Kuru Toga 0.vii with Uni Nano Dia 0.7mm Red ($7.50 and $3.xxx for xx-piece refill) The Kuru Toga is a favorite mechanical pencil for many folks so I put my favorite red lead into it. I hate to bias this but there you lot take it. This is my get-to lead every bit it fits into many of my mechanical pencils (it's as well available in 0.5mm). Information technology'due south soft plenty to piece of work with a light touch. It's nonetheless a cooler red than the hex pencils just since information technology is in a mechanical pencil, I don't have to worry about having a sharpener handy and can lay in fine details for drawings.

If I were only using red pencil for writing, I'd go with the Musgrave Hermitage but since I am mostly using it for sketching, I tend to favor the Uni Nano Dia 0.7mm Red in whatever mechanical pencil strikes my fancy. The leads fit in my vintage Sheaffer Skripserts, my Kaweco Special in Black as well as the Uni Kuru Toga so I have a lot of pencil options.

NOTE: I employed the Doppel-Läufer Universal 0440 safe eraser ($1.50) for the erasing as it has a grittier end designed for erasing colored pencil and ink. So about pencils erased a flake but red pencils just don't erase too as graphite pencils exercise.

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