Harry
Extremely annoying (edit)
The brass pencil is FAR too heavy - the lead breaks as I write and it sometimes drops out of my hand when I'm not concentrating. If I used it even more than I do I could destroy an entire piece of lead in less than 2 days. After a while the pencil acquires a horrible metal stench (but that's understandable). Maybe the other pencil is lighter and less infuriating. As beautiful as this pencil is, I'm starting to dislike it more and more every day.