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I’m not a pen guy. I mainly use pencils. The kuratoga is the best mechanism and the twist-erase is the best eraser.

I hacked together some prototypes of the two together using a pipe cutter and a 3d printer.

https://ruby.social/@Schneems/111115448981873661

I used to be a pencil guy. Then I got older, and found that low contrast between the pencil lead and the paper made it harder for me to read. Been using black ink every since, both the Uni Jetstream 0.38 and the Hi-Tec C Coleto 0.3.

Eraseability for me is important for studying. I find it more readable and less confusing then a bunch of stuff crossed out.

The softness/hardness of the pencil determines the contrast. Have you tried the 3B or 4B? I'd imagine the contrast approaches the contrast of ink. https://pencils.com/pages/hb-graphite-grading-scale

This is amazing. I recently got a Kuru Toga and wish it had a Twist-Erase eraser.

Thanks. I’ve not posted my files yet but when I do it will be on https://www.printables.com/@schneems

My files are a jig to cut the kurutoga and an adapter that needs to be glued that allows the twist-erase to spin. It’s somewhat less elegant than I would like but is durable and has lasted me one semester worth of a masters degree so it works.

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