The tip section is a tapering cone, and the lead sleeve is a thin pipe, which looks needle sharp coming out of the bluntish tip. I’d rate this grip as better then average, but it is a relatively narrow diameter. Raised rings are the grip enhancement, and overall they work quite well. The grip zone is a one piece moulded section in hard black shiny plastic. Quite frankly it looks rather smart and business executive like, and feels pretty good in the hand too. Although it’s a stainless steel body, this is still quite a lightweight pencil. Stainless steel body with black plastic grip and end section. Well, lets get on with it, so here we have the Papermate Pacer Executive mechanical pencil. Perhaps it used to be more widely distributed, but I am tempted to think that the Pacer Executive is now offered only by Sanford Papermate Australia. This barcode number is interesting because it is an Australian registered barcode. I did find a thread on an international discussion board from late 2007 indicating that the Pacer Executive was being phased-out, but from where? If you download the Australian product list from Papermate Australia you will find the Pacer Executive, with item code S18035570 and EAN Barcode 9300627125225. The Pacer Executive is not listed on the current Papermate USA/International website, and most web searches seem to end up pointing to Australia. Stirred by that review, another reader ‘Mindstorm81’ (also known as Peter from Wollongong, Australia) decided that since he really quite liked his particular Papermate he should try and balance the scales, redeem the Papermate name, and so I received a little Christmas present from him, the Papermate Pacer Executive mechanical pencil.Ĭonsidering how I ended up with a Pacer Executive I felt sure that it would be a reasonably good pencil, but the question was, just what sort a Christmas experience would it provide? Something to match ‘White Christmas’, ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ and ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ or perhaps instead it would be more akin to Billy Bob’s ‘Bad Santa’ – great fun but leaving you feeling a little dirty the next day? In the end I didn’t agree with his assessment, but we both agreed that it definitely was a piece of P*p#rm*t#!. Late last year a reader from the USA, ‘Barrel Of A Pencil’ sent me an unusual gift, his nomination for the title of worst mechanical pencil in the world, the Papermate Write Bros. Papermate Pacer Executive Mechanical Pencil Review
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