One of the things that has annoyed me recently is that I'm having to use pencils a lot more in my work, for various reasons, and 99% of all known pencils seem to be less than 8mm wide. In pens, I appreciate a girthier section, so as you can imagine this is not really to my taste.

I do have a lovely Kaweco Sketch-up and the Lamy 2000 mechanical pencil. But visiting a stationer's recently, all the MPs on sale were exactly the same - really thin sections, in fact most were even thinner than the regular pencils. I could really use some variations in lead width and hardness, but I'm loath to buy more pencils I'll hate using.

Any recommendations for great stubby pencils/leadholders? Or should I just turn myself up a few acrylic pencil-holders to fit what's available?