Trend EasyScribe Scribing Tool

Throw away your other scribe tools because this is the one. Really easy to use and as a perfectionist I can say that the results are good. Only one word of warning, keep your spare leads in a safe place because I had to buy two of these after loosing the first lot. I couldn’t find replacement/spares anywhere!!

Needed to scribe a line onto some furniture board . Quite a tricky job in a mini bus that I'm converting. Cut the rough shape to get it within an inch or so then put some 50mm masking tape along the raw edge so that I could see the mark left by the lead of the tool. Set about it with a jigsaw and Bobs your Uncle, one super true edge that followed the shape spot on. Seem a lot of money but you do really do get a well made tool in a usable container that should keep it in good nick.

This a good little scribing tool, but I feel a common mistake amongst buyers of scribing tools is that they tend to be searching for 'the-one-scribing-tool-to-rule-them-all', whereas such a tool does not, in reality, exist. A variety of different scribing tasks in the real world necessitates a variety of different scribing tools, to best handle each type. For example, I include the following scribing tools (and others, including hand-made) in my scribing tool box: Trend Easyscribe (E/Scribe) Compass-type (by which I mean a cheaper generic version of the Veritas 'Transfer / Log scribe'). Vitrex profile guage (also known as a finger guage). Trend 'Perfect Butt' (used mostly for rapidly scribing long shallow scribes, such as kitchen worktops to walls, but Trend's 'Easyscribe' could handle the task, too; it's just that it's more fragile so needs a little more time & care to draw over long distances, especially if it's rubbing against a wall with a rough or textured surface). The Trend 'Perfect Butt' is a nice addition to ones scribing tools, but it is not strictly essential. The above scribing tools, and others, all have their specific pros and cons, so, as long as one understands that no single scribing tool is best suited to all scribing tasks, no matter how good, then the Trend Easyscribe is a worthwhile addition to one's scribing arsenal, and can be warmly recommended. The only significant downside to the Trend Easyscribe (which most tradesmen, including me, find obnoxious, but nonetheless tolerate, as it's a sufficiently useful tool) is the APPALLINGLY-expensive 2H flat-profile replacement graphite/leads. These wear down very rapidly during use, because they are so thin, and they also snap very easily. This means that anyone who uses an Easyscribe 3 or more times a month is definitely going to have to buy these replacement leads from time to time, so had better be prepared for the cost of these. Still, I do, grudgingly, like the Trend Easyscribe, and I would purchase it again. If you're a kitchen fitter / bedroom fitter, then don't even pause to think about it - just buy this tool, as it pays for itself over & over, in that line of work.

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it is mostly made of plastic but the thumb screws are brass. the wee yoke for holding the lead is plastic threaded into a brass thumbscrew (note to self: do not overtighten) I suppose they did it that way to stop breaking leads. Anyway, I have been cutting small blocks for scribing for years and this is much easier, much quicker, fits in my pocket and it comes in a small clear case. on the case side, I will cut a small piece of wood or pencil and put it it the case to prevent crushing the nib.

So thought it was slightly expensive but decided to give it ago, anyway after using it half a dozen times I was getting quite annoyed as the lead pushed back into the holder after every use so then I had to dismantle the scribe to fish it out, after using it less than half a dozen times & having to reassemble every use the brass screw stripped the plastic thread and wouldn’t hold the lead in place any longer, over all poorly designed and over priced in my opinion which is a real shame as the concept behind it is great and I must say when I was using the tool for the short time it lasted it was very accurate. I am going to give it another go and hope I was sold a defective one in the first place.

does the job

Awsome tool. Looks sturdier on the picture and more plasticy in real life

This was purchased for a Christmas present so I do not know how it will work. It looks good and was delivered very quickly. Happy to purchase from this buyer again.

Outil efficace par rapport au autre modele

Bastante práctica para marcado, pero el cuerpo de plastico me ha decepcionado bastante.

Great tool, bought because I had a lot of baseboard to install and the floor is not perfectly flat in places. Just set the height to the largest gap and scribe the baseboard then cut for a perfect fit. Super easy to use. Very practical size and functionality allows for the smallest of gaps. The lead is flat and records a thin line on the material to be cut that is easy to see.

Wow It's a fantastic scribe tool . I would recommend it to anyone! If I was to change anything I would make the bottom smoother so I dosen't mark walls ...... I put masking tape on it .