About forty years ago, I bought a Pilot Shaker H-1010 mechanical pencil from an office supply store. It was simple, unique, elegant, and magical. It was my primary writing instrument for years while I went to undergraduate and graduate school.
A decade later came the Dr. Grip pen with Gel ink, and it's counterpart mechanical pencil, albeit without the "shaker" mechanism. It's main strength was that it was thick and soft. Plus, it was endorsed by the Arthritis Foundation. I bought one of each as well, and I was happy and pleased with the thicker and softer format.
Fast-forward to 2023, and I find myself looking for the original Pilot Shaker on the internet, mostly out of nostalgia. And what do I find? Apparently, my two favorite mechanical pencils ever married each other and had a child, the Dr. Grip Shaker. Pilot Shaker on the inside, Dr. Grip on the outside. Who could tell???
The combination of the two former products, plus the 0.9mm leads has yielded the best ever mechanical pencil I could ever ask for. Needless to say, I recommend this product!
This is my favorite one to use every day journal. Very comfortable to use. Some people complained that there's a metal moving inside the pencil, but it is for shaking to get the lid out as a function.