Finding professional pencils for your home or business isn't difficult with the large selection available at OnTimeSupplies.com. Whether for everyday writing, professional-grade drawing including drafting pencils or mechanical pencils, we have a large inventory of types to choose from.
Types of Pencils
When you're shopping for pencils, we offer a large range of varieties including:
- Art: These pencils include pre-sharpened black lead pencils, colored pencils and mechanical pencils.
- Carpenter's: Carpenter pencils are typically made of a thicker material as they are used on wood and other materials. This means that a normal pencil would wear too quickly and could snap easily too. This makes the need for a specific carpenter's pencil important.
- Drafting: Drafting pencils typically have a longer lead sleeve that is ideal for precision writing or drawing. This allows someone to have a better view of what they're drawing. Mechanical pencils for drafting with a built-in grip work great too.
- Mechanical: A mechanical pencil is one with a replacement and extendable core called lead. This graphite lead is mechanically extended as its point wears away during use.
- Welder's: These pencils usually write in a fine line, which is great for metal layout. It typically leaves a mark that can brighten during cutting and welding. Reflective lead is used that won't burn or rub off.
Features to Consider When Shopping For Pencils
When you're shopping for pencils, there are certain things you should take into account to choose the right one.
- Eraser: Do you want an eraser or not?
- Pre-sharpened: If you don't want to mess with mechanical pencils and add lead or the need for an electric pencil sharpener, buy pre-sharpened pencils.
- Numerical or Hard Black Scale: The HB scale measures how soft or hard lead is, which is important, especially for carpenter and welding pencils. The numerical scale is typically used for standard pencils with the higher the number the higher the intensity.
- Graphite Color: Pencils come in black lead, but may also have blue, red, yellow, green and white, to name a few variations.
- Pencil Barrel Color: The barrel of the actual pencil, no matter the type, can come in different colors too.
- Pencil Grip Type: Anti-slip rings, contoured rubber grips and textured grooves can help grip the pencil better. This is especially great for drafting pencils and artists.
- Drafting Pencil Grade: For drafting pencils, a 4H pencil is used for light layouts that are easy to erase while higher numbers are better for darker lines.
- Mechanical Pencil Advance: Typically, mechanical pencils have a push top, but some also use a shake advance, twist advance or a side advance.
- Mechanical Sleeve Type: The sleeve type for a mechanical pencil can be fixed or with a sliding or fixed sleeve.
Other options when you're shopping for pencils include if the pencil is retractable, refillable or has a pocket grip. Ultimately, there are so many specifics for pencils, so finding one that suits your needs best isn't hard with our large selection at OnTimeSupplies.com.
Find the Best Everyday, Engineering and Drafting Pencils
When you're looking for different pencils to purchase, OnTimeSupplies.com has a large inventory to choose from. Best of all, we offer bulk pricing as we ship directly from the manufacturer. Sometimes you can even get your order with next-day delivery, so you'll never be without the supplies you need whether at your home or your business. Our U.S-based customer service team is ready to answer any questions about the features we offer in our inventory of different pencils including an electric pencil sharpener.