The thing that bothers me about the Kuru Toga most though is the play that is needed to use the mechanism. The plastic version is now officially distributed in the UK and other countries, while the successor, the new Kuru Toga pencil, is already available in Japan. This allows a uniform wearing of the lead to create a conical tip shape that provides a fine, consistent line. g. 3 mm will need under 3 N to break, so these numbers are quite a bit apart – at least for the Kuru Toga. Your writing will always remain clean and sharp, and you don’t have to worry as much about lead breakage.

Using three gears, the lead is twisted through a spring-loaded clutch that turns the lead incrementally every time you lift the pencil (i. I’m saying this because I like wood cased pencils in F, but if I have a sliding sleeve I don’t mind a B or even softer lead for my mechanical pencils. It's not just a pen; it's a statement of style and functionality that has become indispensable in my creative endeavors. We're enjoying the features of this extraordinary pencil, and can't wait to see what the next development brings! mm tip size is a good option for those with larger handwriting, though it might be too broad for things like math homework.de/2015/09/zebra-delguard/ ) a lead extended by 1 mm needs 11 N to break, but a lead that is extended further, e. As discussed previously it might be because of the angle I use and there are also other Kuru Toga users with the same problem (i.

The name conjures up an image of something constantly spinning to a precise point, which is exactly what the Kuru Toga does. N of pressure to slide the sleeve back, which is a pretty good value, but as mentioned earlier the sleeve is more in the way, so the writing experience you get from a pencil with similar pressure requirements, like the Microfix S, is better. With a good fountain pen or a high-end gel pen, there’s pretty much no need to apply pressure while writing. The inside of the mechanism is divided into three gears, and the middle gear connected to the pencil lead moves up and down using the writing pressure when writing letters.

Kuru” (クル) is an onomatopoeia for something turning or rotating, and “toga” (トガ) is taken from the verb “togaru” (とがる), meaning to taper to a point or become sharp. The Sharp "ADVANCE Upgrade Model" is truly a game-changer when it comes to writing beautiful characters. The official Faber-Castell web site doesn’t have a description of the mechanism or I didn’t find it or I would have linked to that as well. Exclusive to the United States, this starter set includes everything you need to get started with your Kuru Toga.

The mechanism only works when the pencil is lifted, so if you were to only draw a line around the page then the led wont rotate. I imagine the non-rotation is a problem caused by not pressing hard enough and/or the angle you hold the pencil at. I didn’t do a direct comparison yet, but I think the other Kuru Toga I have tried needed less pressure to ‘activate’. I have used at least three different Kuru Toga pencils and I can’t say that I’ve ever noticed any difficulty with the lead turning within in the pencil. The idea, as with other sliding sleeve pencils, is that you can just keep writing without having to advance the lead – because the sleeve that protects the lead is sliding back further and further as you use the lead up …until you have used up the several millimetres of lead that where originally protected by the sleeve.A common issue with conventional mechanical pencil is that the leads always wear down on one side which results in a wedged tip. As you use a regular mechanical pencil, the lead wears down on one side, forming a slanted wedge-shaped tip.