Sharpie Liquid Pencil

[Sabre]

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The Sharpie Liquid Pencil uses liquid graphite to write like a pen, erase like a pencil, and eventually dry like a permanent marker. Sharpie's blog says the Liquid Pencil go on sale in September, but Office Depot has a $5 two-pack with six erasers in stock online now -- and we were charming enough to snag an early review sample.

It basically works as described, although the marks don't erase completely clear -- because you're writing with a metal pen tip, there's no way to avoid impressing the paper a little, and the indentations are pretty visible. Still, it's better than any erasable pen we've ever used, and it definitely writes like a decent clicky-pen, so we can't fault it too much. Oddly, Sharpie's blog says it takes three days for the ink to dry to permanence, but the back of the package says 24 hours, so we'll have to see how long our test scribbles last -- we'll let you know.

[PGT]

what's wrong with a normal pencil? I tend to use one for everyday notes vs. a pen b/c I hate getting smudges on my fingers.

[sirwilliam]

what's wrong with a normal pencil? I tend to use one for everyday notes vs. a pen b/c I hate getting smudges on my fingers.

You still get pencil smudges, too

[Libra Monkee]

I se pens because I like the way the ink smells.

[PGT]

what's wrong with a normal pencil? I tend to use one for everyday notes vs. a pen b/c I hate getting smudges on my fingers.

You still get pencil smudges, too

not nearly as bad and they wash off easily enough

[missvenezuela85]

This looks cool. I think I may buy some and see what its like to draw with them

[Raven]

Really not sure what was wrong with the mechanical pencil, but it's at least an interesting idea.

[sirwilliam]

what's wrong with a normal pencil? I tend to use one for everyday notes vs. a pen b/c I hate getting smudges on my fingers.

You still get pencil smudges, too

not nearly as bad and they wash off easily enough

but you just said that you hate getting smudges on your finger so I didn't discriminate

[PGT]

you do realize ink and graphite are very different substances, right?

[sirwilliam]

you do realize ink and graphite are very different substances, right?

They are different?

But a smudge is a smudge and ink always comes off easy for me as does graphite.

But back on topic...I think the sharpie liquid pencil sounds pretty cool...would like to try it out.

[chicken n waffles]

neat, i guess. kind of sounds like the answer to a question nobody was asking, though.

[complacent]

as a lefty, i strongly prefer pencil over pen... i can at least wash that off.

and it's gotta be 0.5 mechanical all the way.

[PGT]

as a lefty, i strongly prefer pencil over pen... i can at least wash that off.

are you saying that <gasp> graphite is different than ink??

[sirwilliam]

are you saying that <gasp> graphite is different than ink??