Honestly, I knew they made notebooks, turns out they make pens and pencils as well. The Drehgriffel Nr. 2, Pencil uses a Leuchtturm1917 branded Schmidt mechanical pencil mechanism. This means that if you so desired you could replace the original 0.7mm mechanism with a 0.5mm mechanism. That might be worth doing if you’re so inclined. And I should mention you can buy both sizes of Schmidt mechanism on their own directly from Jet Pens.

Anyway, Leuchtturm1917 has made a very nice pencil. It looks good, which would be hard not to considering it’s available in every color. It feels premium. The weight is nice with lovely balance. Even the mechanism is easy to adapt to after a bit of practice. It’s a clicky pencil, but that click is achieved by a twist of the finial, rather than a press.

It hasn’t got a clip, and that was probably and esthetic choice, but it’s the size of a standard hexagonal U.S. pencil so it wouldn’t be impossible to find one to add on if required. The standard body size also means it fits in any loop intended for a pencil. There’s a lot to be said in favor of standard dimensions that I’ll spare you from here.

If you’re going to buy, you can get it directly from Leuchtturm1917, which is nice. Direct purchase from the manufacturer is underrated.