Pencils for WetNotes

[Scubaroo]

Okay, what's a decent pencil / writing instrument for use with WetNotes? The supplied pencils have a habit of swelling when wet, and the tip breaks / falls out, and they're impossible to sharpen underwater (I'm not going to start clipping off a pencil sharpener on a bolt snap!).

Someone mentioned a while ago the old fashion pencils that have a tube of fresh tips mounted in plastic running down the center - when a tip is worn out, you pull the plastic holder, and shove it back in the end of the pencil, which forces a new tip out. Haven't been able to find them anywhere though. Do mechanical pencils like a Pacer with the 0.7mm refills work? How about tradesmens pencils (the flat kind, forget their proper name)?

 

[chickdiver]

mechanical pencils work fine (I use the cheap ones, since I sometimes loose/ break them). I imagine carpenter's pencils would work fine too, but they would also have the problem of the wood swelling.

 

[ElectricZombie]

Scubaroo once bubbled...


Someone mentioned a while ago the old fashion pencils that have a tube of fresh tips mounted in plastic running down the center - when a tip is worn out, you pull the plastic holder, and shove it back in the end of the pencil, which forces a new tip out. Haven't been able to find them anywhere though.

They have them at every Target that I have been too. Made by a company called Rose Art. I bought 20 the last time I was there.

 

[kcanty]

is their name. I just bought 50 for 11 bucks plus
shipping ( with dolphins on them! ) at

http://www.school-store.net/shop/enter.html?target=Pop_A_Point_Pencils.html

They have sharks also...

I think I originally found the link here on
the board?

Kell

 

[Scubaroo]

thanks - they're the ones I was thinking of!

 

[O-ring]

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=117874&highlight=popapoint#post117874

And people say I don't contribute around here...

 

[Scubaroo]

Credit given where credit due!

 

[SDAnderson]

Fisher Space Pens. Yeah, the older folks are all going, "like the astronauts used?" That's the pen. The work in space and underwater.

Pro:
They write underwater, reliably, for a long, long time.
They considerably reduce the "smudgy" factor.
They can't be erased.

Con:
They cost more and are kind of hard to find.
They can't be erased.

Works for me, anyway.

Steven

 

[kcanty]

Sorry 'bout that!

I thought I had seen it here!
( just read my post. I even said it. )

All credit to o-ring!!

Kell

 

[kcanty]

Do they fit in the binder of wetnotes?

The one I had I think was a little 'fat' for that,
though that was quite a while ago when
I had one.

Kell