Pencil Review: LEUCHTTURM1917 Drehgriffel Mechanical Pencil (Dusty Rose)

I got a wild hair to try the Leuchtturm 1917 Drehgriffel Mechanical Pencil (0.7mm, £28GBP) and placed an order with Cult Pens recently and added this little cutie in my order. I had not seen the pencil version of the Drehgriffel and I’m not a big fan of ballpoints so a pencil was a great way to try the Drehgriffel. It’s a more premium mechanical pencil than a lot of the ones in my collection and I was curious how Leuchtturm 1917 would handle the advance and retract mechanism. The exterior is a matte painted metal with a soft hex shape. The grip and end cap are matte black. This sets the pencil version of the Drehgriffel apart from the ballpoint and gel pens which mostly have white grips and caps (though there are some new gradient versions that hve these sections blended into the color of the barrel which is cool). To advance the leads, twist the end cap counter clockwise and it moves the lead down a designated amount. If you hold the cap in the twisted position, you can push the lead…