rOtring 600 Mechanical Pencil | 0.5 mm | Silver All-Metal Body Propelling Pencil | Non-Slip Knurled Grip & Hexagonal Barrel

A really nice propelling pencil that I am using with my organiser. Works well and has a nice balance and weight.

This is a quality product. I use it for marking up and writing notes in books and have found it to be excellent.

In some ways the Rotring 600 is the perfect drawing/writing instrument, a design classic with a purposeful, tool like quality. Built for the job, built to last, with a form follows function approach. In some ways however the Rotring Rapid Pro is a better pencil, an evolution of the classic 600, with a few small refinements that come along from analysing the user experience. I like that the Rapid Pro is slightly longer, has a slightly larger knurled grip area, the tip is retractable and has an amount of cushioning which makes it a very good writer. Sadly the Rapid Pro misses out on the very simple but useful addition of a lead hardness indicator. Comparisons to the Rapid Pro make the 600 seem a little more dated, yet it is this simplicity and no frills design that make the 600 so appealing. It is an out and out draughting pencil with a no nonsense retro feel that ensures many people will always return to the 600 no matter what other pencils they try. It may not be quite perfect but the Rotring 600 is a pencil that all others are measured by.

Excellent product - nice heft and balance. Superb

The everlasting search to find the perfect pencil has found me here. It is not perfect but it is good. The weight is heavier than an average mechanical pencil but not so heavy it becomes tiresome. It is sturdy but has the flaw of an exposed fragile tip. Surely they could develop some kind of protector and not expect people to fork out for the doubley expensive retractable 800 series. The clip can be removed with a little brute force. The grip is excellent, the best I've seen so far. When using the 600, I forget about it and the writing/drawing takes the forefront of concentration- that's why I tried the 600- to move away from repetitive sharpening/lead pointing. Even though this is an old design, it doesn't have any retro appeal to me and is modern in appearance. The selling point that the hexagonal body will prevent the pencil sliding off is somewhat of a stretch, unless the surface is practically flat anyway. There is no rattling unless spare leads are kept in the body; there is no movement or play in the tip, so it's a solid writer/draughter. It is the pencil of the moment for me, but how long its charm will last, I don't know. A solid 4/5

Lovely weighted feel in the have ,I write shorthand and a very smooth feel ,great

I love German Design aesthetic, German Engineering and Rotring pencils. I definitely recommend Rotring (Redring) 600 to everyone. After reading the reviews and watching Rotring design engineers videos; I chose Rotring 600 over Rotring 800 & 800+ The pencil is so solidly built, it makes my hands feel powerful. It produces amazingly neat lines and I would even say it improves my handwriting. The pencil click is seamless, the pencil leads don't break, even with substantial pressure (an issue with 800 & 800+; one of my key reason to choose 600 over 800 & 800+: more in the comparison below) As fellow reviewers have pointed out; the Hexagonal barrel prevents the pencil from rolling off of surfaces easily. As you can judge by now, I am in love with Rotring 600... Comparison of Rotring 600 with Rotring 800 offered by a fellow reviewer on Amazon.com: In general, Rotring essentially offers the best drafting pencils and the Rotring 600 is simply superb. It pains me to have to leave a negative review for Rotring 800. It is simply a poorly designed product that is overpriced. Rotring touts the 800 as their cream of the crop mechanical pencil and it has a nifty twist mechanism, which makes the pencil pocket-friendly by removing the sharp point, which works; however, when you try to write with the pencil you will notice a play in the metal tip, which defeats the purpose of a mechanical drafting pencil: they are supposed to be precise. Having a loose tip defeats the whole purpose of precise writing. The pencil does look quite attractive, however; that is why it gets two stars. It is only good in the pocket not on the paper. For high-quality drafting pencil go for Rotring 600 or even Rotring Rapid Pro, which is also pocket-safe. If you are not worried about the sharp point then buy the legendary Rotring 600.

A quality product with great balance, weight and feel. Among this mechanical pencil type, I prefer the Pental Graphgear 1000 the most. This is for overall balance, size and grip. The 600 is extremely viable and no reason not to love this pencil.

Portaminas con un peso ideal para escribir horas y horas sin cansarte demasiado mano y muñeca. La calidad de construcción es perfecta. Lo volvería a comprar.

A rOtring 600 tem o corpo metálico hexagonal clássico, bem resistente e confortável na mão, além de um mecanismo super preciso. O peso dela passa uma sensação de qualidade e dá bastante controle tanto pra desenho quanto pra escrita no dia a dia. É uma lapiseira feita pra durar muitos anos.

Per me, il miglior porta mine in metallo. Leggero, maneggevole e resistente

Nice pin pen, heavy and precise as should be.

Enfin un portemine agréable en main, dont les mines tiennent bien en place, écrivent bien, ne se cassent pas, et se remplacent pour un prix dérisoire. C'est le jour et la nuit par rapport à mes anciens porte-mines jetables. Un choix que je recommande tant pour la qualité que pour le portefeuille et pour la planète.