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Faber-Castell Perfect Pencil – 2
Next in our “Perfect Pencil” series, we are going to look at the Design Perfect Pencil, which features an aluminum pencil extender. It is typically sold in a paper and plastic box with the extender and three of the refill pencils. The product is interesting in itself, and also an intermediate step between the plastic and precious metal versions of the product.
The pencils supplied are round, supplied in black or brown, and more recently silver. The extender presents itself as a single rounded aluminum piece. It grips the pencil with a smooth tapered fit – no machinery to fiddle with. (Not that fiddling with machinery is a bad thing.) It is adorned with two black rubbery rings and a clip. A silver coloured cap pulls out with an attached sharpener. The sharpener is the same model used in the Castell Perfect Pencil. However, the sharpener works magnificently! It is a wonder of concision, economically stuffing a first rate pencil sharpener into the extender.
It works well, and the extender matches the silver pencil very well. I like it, and it is easy to use, though the supplied pencils don’t seem quite up to snuff. (Great design, but not half as smooth as the 9000 in B.) 6 comments to Faber-Castell Perfect Pencil – 2 |
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I,ve been using this for some time along with the standard 9000 extender. I think they are close to the original slogan “the perfect pencil idea”. They are both great in use.
I prefer the green 9000 extender though. As i think the UFO has one little flaw: the rubber rings on the UFO allways came in the way, when I had to pull out the pencil quickly.
The cheaper version, might be the school extender (blue) – I have only seen it in their german website, yet.
regards Henrik
Henrik, thanks for your comment.
Thanks for the review. Just wondering if this would fit any standard size pencil, including hex sided pencils. Also, how does the extender actually hold the pencil in place (without any mechanical means)?
The extender grips the pencil with frictive force. It appears to my eye to be just an internal cone that slowly tapers, creating the grip. There might be some assisting rubber.
I would hesitate to claim it will work with any pencil, since there is considerable variation in the diameter of modern pencils.
Thanks for the review.
I’m using this extender with Lyra ArtDesign pencils. The extender doesn’t work so well with the supplied Faber-Castell pencil because it fits to tightly that it dragged the ferrule off the pencil. Also of note that the end-cap (for the sharpener) is a bit loose, there’s a small bump in the plastic-part providing the friction, so I’m bit concerned about the longevity of this product. The diameter is also so large that I cannot use it with my authentics pen clip (the latter work fine with regular pencils and the Pillot G-2)
Despite all this, I’m very happy with it. But, I’m still looking for the perfect pencil.
I had seen these on the Faber-Castell website and asked and asked for one in shops from Victoria to Montreal. But there they were in a store across the road from our hotel in Berlin, and it is now a constant companion !