Back in college, I used to swear by Staedtler mechanical pencils, but man did they go downhill, just a bunch of throw aways now.
Those Pentel are nice but I dont think I'd get the banana yellow one.
New Balance makes a good sneaker, nice and light.
Rockports for dress shoes, I still have and wear my red oxbloods from 97, haven't needed resoled either. Just some new laces.
Levis are not what they used to be when they were american made. I wear Wranglers now.
