Pentel Ain Stein Mechanical Pencil Lead, 0.3mm HB, 15 Leads 3 Pack (XC273HB-35)

Lead held together well, product matched description and I am I artist, lead seems well crafted and well worth the cost, and very much convient, considering there isn't a local place to get these because of the 0.3 size

Pentel Ain Stein Mechanical Pencil Lead, 0.3mm OK, so I prefer to write w poly leads and mech pencils rather than wood pencils...mostly. I have been using Pentel HB leads, and was marginally OK with them - BECAUSE I use 0.3 mm, and that is simply more fragile than 0.5 mm by a big margin. I saw some reviews of this lead and some other newer lead compositions, and figured for a few bucks, why not give them a shot? These leads REALLY are smoother, blacker, and stronger than my former HB leads. I had quite a bit of writing to do today - equations, mostly, and the start and stop of the writing in the equations often (grin) lead to lead breakage - so I tried this lead in 3 pencils: a Uni Kuru Toga, a Staedler regulator, and my favorite, a rotring Tikky II 0.35. Not one glitch in 3 pages covered in equations. Very sharp lines, and dark. Much improved viewing. The crowning glory are the Tikky I & II. I really like these pencils...been using for, oh, I dunno, a few decades. Can't get them any more. The smoothness is noticeable to anyone who writes regularly. I'm fine with the reduced feedback, with the blacker images and stronger lead. I am grateful that these lead companies continue to develop this technology. Now what to do with several boxes of

Great quality lead. I use it in my Pentel Graphgear 1000 and it has never broken while writing. It writes very smooth and always maintains optimal surface contact with the paper.

Was looking for lead for my 0.3 Pencil and this is a great deal for the price. A lot of uncommon lead sizes are hard to find for a decent price. This one is great

I had to replace the other lead refills that I had ordered because they didn't fit, even though the packaging stated that it would fit my Pentel Graphgear 1000. This lead not only fit perfectly, but it is a very nice lead. It doesn't smudge as much as I'm used to with mechanical pencil leads so it is perfect for my zentangle drawings.

This lead breaks so easily. Of course, the size of the lead is so small, you must draw gently. But when it comes to drawing the face of this character (og art by fluff-kevlar), my lead is breaking more than usual. It's supposed to be some space she material but, it's not. The price is good for the quantity (45) but you do get what you pay for. If you're a serious artist, spend more on your tools.

Very good for price, they write nice and I like the opacity of them.

Used mainly for sketching and calligraphy, I love how small the .03 is and allows me to make extremely fine details

Anyone interested in artwork or whichever use needed for this measurement of lead won't be disappointed as long as you're careful for pressure and strength.

Son buenos y el estuche es de lo mejor 👍

i love em!

とても買ったら良かったと思います。消しゴムをついててよかったです。

Aun siendo minas de 0,3, es decir, de las más frágiles, no se rompen a la primera y la escritura fluye sin contratiempos.