Zebra Mini Mechanical Pencil, 0.5 mm, Silver Body (TS-3)

Beautiful item with tiny lead, and rven though it seems overpriced for one itty bitty pencil, it is an elegant solution for daily pencil carry and lovely quality by Zebra as always.

This is a nice little mechanical pencil. Its mini size allows it to be kept and used anywhere. It writes well, is well made with quality materials. Good price too. I recommend.

It is as described. I have a pocket diary and the leather holder fits this 4 inch pencil. Perfect fit. I like the 0.5mm lead size. Just what I wanted. Seems well made and reliable.

My main writing instrument of choice is a pencil, more specifically a mechanical pencil. I've usually found myself very pleased with the Zebra line of writing tools be it pen or pencil and it's why I picked this mini mechanical pencil up to keep around in my pocket while working at the office or a small writing journal. The size is compact enough to keep on my person, but potentially easy to lose as well. This is a nice little pencil, but might be a too small for some people that do a lot of non-stop continuous writing. The main body of the pencil seems pretty sound but I do worry about the clip at the top as it's very thin and appears delicate to break off a bit too easy during day-to-day use. I usually keep this tucked away without using the clip as I'm concerned it'd potentially snap off when not in use and moving around throughout my day. It's also a bit disappointing that I can't use a slightly larger thin eraser refill in this particular pencil. While it does have an eraser, and you can purchase additional special sized refills for this pencil-- it feels a little too delicate when in use to erase a word or two from an entry. It works for being a simple pencil I can keep on my person easily, but there could be room for improvement.

Bought one to "try it out" to see if it would be good in my small paint palette. As this pencil is made of stainless steel and the inner workings are plastic and brass, moisture should not be a problem with it. It fits perfectly in a standard 12 half pan metal palette (6 over 6) with a travel brush inside as well. What I wanted it for was for something even smaller though and by just taking off the cap (leaving the eraser intact) it fits inside my Mini palette at only 3 19/32" long. As you can see in the photo my Mini Palette holds 15 half pans but in a 5 wide by 3 high configuration which does not leave a lot of room (I even shortened the Meeden Travel Brush by about 3/8" so it would fit in the Mini Palette (it is not necessary to shorten either if using a normal 12 pan palette with a 6 half pan wide over 6 configuration). It is great to have a mechanical pencil in my palette so I don't need to sharpen it like a wood pencil. You can leave off the cap IF needed but then you will need to push on the eraser to advance the lead (it is possible but a little harder). I just leave it off to reduce the length but keep the cap in the palette just under the pencil and replace it to make using it easier. I have since bought 4 more for other palettes and as a gift. And just to note: I did remove the label on the pencil. I just cut down the length of the label with the blade of a knife held flat against the pencil thereby cutting a strip of the label off. Scraped off a remaining corner with a thumb nail and pulled off the remaining label. I then used the large piece of label to pull off the remaining adhesive by sticking it to adhered residue and pulled and restuck, pulled and restuck, until all of the residue was removed. It took only about 5 minutes to remove all of the adhesive this way. BUT, I will NOT be removing the labels from any of the other pencils as there is useful information on the label: it contains the model number of the pencil and it also has the size of the lead the pencil uses (0.5 mm) AND it has the Zebra customer telephone number on it (though it is in Japan). Still, I regret removing the label as it is well attached and made of clear plastic so will not easily be spoiled by using the pencil. I hope this has been helpful to everyone. Enjoy using this excellent pencil, I know I already am.

I love it! Not bulky and fits in my journal

This mechanical pencil is very strong and useful for slipping in the binding of a notebook. It works well for my application. It is very small diameter so if you have too much difficulty gripping a small pen or pencil it may not work well for you. I have purchased a second unit just so I have a backup. The first unit I purchased is still going strong.

The section where the tip connects to the barrel is pretty weak plastic. It's fine... But I break 1 per year and am looking at alternatives now.