Comments on: Staedtler Mars Lumograph 100 pencil

By: James

James — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:01:27 +0000

The owner of the art store where I went to buy the Staedtler pencils told me that the harder grades have not been available for several years. I was not able to find any further information on any of the Staedtler websites, so I’m none the wiser. It would be quite interesting to find out the reasoning behind the disappearance of these grades from the Staedtler line.

By: penciladmin

penciladmin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:13:44 +0000

Withdrawn grades? How interesting! I wonder when this happened. Perhaps someone out there has more information.

Looking around, I see that Faber-Castell also at some time withdrew their grades beyond 6H.

Perhaps this assisted Mitsubishi in deciding to move into this terrain.

By: James

James — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:59:54 +0000

I was surprised to find out that the Lumograph 100 is no longer available in the harder grades, specifically 7H, 8H and 9H. It appears that Staedtler no longer even manufactures these grades. Does anyone have any more info on this. The Lumograph 100’s have long been my favorites for the harder degree leads and I am sad to see them go. However I recently discovered the fabulous Tombow line, so all is not lost. By the way, Mitsubishi makes a terrific 10H (and 10B!) in their Uni-Ball line. Got mine at JetPens.com

By: mike

mike — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:58:26 +0000

Hi, just to let you know I too have been using these for many years and have always found them consistently the most resistent to dropping onto hard floors/desks/ground etc; the lead rarely shatters/breaks. Great pencils! BTW, every Lumograph I use here in the UK seems to have the familiar red hue of cedar. I am unsure about Staedtler’s sustainability policies however…

By: penciladmin

penciladmin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:27:10 +0000

Wei, the Lumograph goes only to 6H. You’ll have to use another brand if you want something graded 10H.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:21:10 +0000

Wei – Like Diane said, try Dick Blick stores, they have a wide range of Lumographs. I bought a couple 3Bs there last year and saw that they had a really wide spread of them. Worth a shot.

By: Wei

Wei — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:50:38 +0000

Any one know where I can get Lumograph 6H and harder all the way to 10 H?

Thanks,

By: Gunther

Gunther — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:14:49 +0000

@maggie: Yes, the Lumograoh is still available in Germany.

I would like to share a few details that I have learned from STAEDTLER Germany regarding the Mars Lumograph 100 (my favourite woodcase pencil, by the way): As from 1982, the Lumograph was labeled with all-capital letters and marked with the “S”, enclosed in irregular quadrangles; this “S” stood for “Sicherheitsverleimung” (”safety glueing”). At the end of the 1980’s the bar code was added, and in 2002 the lettering was changed from all-capital to the version that is still in use. — I don’t know when the diameter of the Lumograph was reduced.

By: Robert Briscoe

Robert Briscoe — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:55:29 +0000

I am in dire need of someStaedtlerMars Lumograph pencilsthat are 100 LB EB. If anyone knows where I could find these I would be very grateful

By: maggie

maggie — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:05:39 +0000

Is the Mars lumograph pencil from Germany still available. I’m looking for them for an artist friend who says she likes the sheen the German pencil provides.

By: penciladmin

penciladmin — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:04:03 +0000

Diane, thanks for the tip.

By: Diane

Diane — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:32:55 +0000

I’ve gotten Mars Lumographs at Blick for $.99 each.