Mechanical pencil or regular pencil? Which one do you advice?

i was dying to know what could possibly involve 20 posts about pencils. thanks for a good laugh. good luck tomorrow and with the great pencil debate.
 
A little excessive, but after that post the other day about people getting very long bans and exams voided, it is understandable that people will want to make sure that they are 110% legit!
 
As long as it’s registered and concealed. standard I(A) knowledge of the law
 
mechanical pencils were allowed last December. I had two on my desk.
timotimo Wrote:
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> so Mechanical pencils are okay, can i get a
> witness?
 
Hate to bump such a long post about pencils, but can we have a Dec ‘10 L1 test taker confirm that mechanical pencils are not going to be a problem on test day?
 
I confirmed with CFA institute that mechanical pencils are allowed as long as they are #2 or HB.
 
haha, this topic is back…
btw, better look stupid than die on June 4….
so when they say #2, is it the 0.5mm one ? I prepared a pack of wood pencils with the sharpener, but since i realized i can use a mechanical and i like mechanical, i will use them. My mechanical are the BIC matip grip 0.5mm #2. That the good one right ?
 
Miss*Yiota Wrote:
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> haha, this topic is back…
> btw, better look stupid than die on June 4….
>
> so when they say #2, is it the 0.5mm one ? I
> prepared a pack of wood pencils with the
> sharpener, but since i realized i can use a
> mechanical and i like mechanical, i will use them.
> My mechanical are the BIC matip grip 0.5mm #2.
> That the good one right ?
I think so. I asked them specifically but they did not mention about 0.55 and all, so I assume that it’s allowed. Here is what I sent:
Hello Sir/Madam,
I have gone through the pencil policy and it says only HB and #2 pencils are allowed. “Mechanical pencils”, in which lead comes automatically and you don’t need sharpener to sharpen them, also have number #2 printed on them. As the rule is not clear to me about the pencils rules, I wanted to check if mechanical pencils are also allowed? If mechanical pencils are allowed, among the category of #2, there are various pencils available of different sizes e.g. 0.75mm, 0.5mm, etc. Is there any restriction on these sizes as well?
Here is a link which has picture of mechanical pencils if I was not clear enough about mechanical pencils:
http://www.amazon.com/BIC-Mechanical-Pencil-Medium-Pencils/dp/B00260X7F2...
Thanks,
Saurabh
Here is what they responded with:
Thank you for contacting us. You can use a mechanical pencil for the exam provided that you use Number 2 or HB lead.
 
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