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Tools, considered

The pencils we'd actually reach for.

Mechanical drafting pencils with the lead weight and clutch we hadn't found at the price we wanted. Lead refills that don't snap. The 71-piece kit that ships with the bundle most of our customers ask about by name.

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Olympian Pencil 5B set Bestseller
Olympian — 5B Pencil Set
named for the gods of the mountain
Mechanical · 5B lead · 12-pc refill · sharpener
$24.99★★★★★ 4.7 / 198
2.0mm Mechanical Drafting Pencil
Drafting Pencil — 2.0mm
a single-clutch lead holder
2.0mm lead · 12-pc refill · sharpener
$22.99★★★★★ 4.7 / 124
Lead Refill 4-Pack
Lead Refill — 4-Pack
replenishment for the long haul
2.0mm · 5B graphite · 48 leads total
$14.99★★★★ 4.6 / 87
Dream 71 — Complete Pencil Kit Most gifted
Dream — 71-Piece Pencil Kit
an entire studio in a tin
12 colored · 12 metallic · 12 graphite · 12 charcoal · 12 watercolor · accessories
$59.99★★★★★ 4.8 / 312
Studio Pencil Bundle
Studio Bundle — Odyssey + Olympian
the working artist's starter kit
7×10 sketchbook + 5B mechanical + canvas case
$44.99★★★★★ 4.8 / 156
Why these tools

The pencils came from the same complaint as the books.

When GJ designed the first Leda sketchbook, he tested it with the mechanical pencils in his studio. Most of them, he didn't trust. The ones he did trust were too expensive, or too thin, or shipped with leads that snapped.

So we made our own. Heavier in the hand than most. Single-clutch holders that don't slip. Refill leads sourced from a Japanese mill that supplies the pencils we'd actually own. The Olympian 5B is the one GJ keeps clipped inside his Leda book.