This is the Rite in the Rain No. YE13 all-weather mechanical pencil with a classic yellow barrel and dark 1.3mm lead. The wide knurled grip holds steady in wet or gloved hands, and the resin-and-metal barrel survives drops and pocket duty.
Pencil is the failsafe of wet-weather writing — it marks coated all-weather paper in pouring rain and freezing cold where ballpoints clog. The thick 1.3mm lead resists snapping under jobsite pressure, and a spare lead ships in the barrel.
Rite in the Rain has made all-weather writing paper in Tacoma, Washington since 1916, when it was developed for logging crews in the Pacific Northwest.
