Comments on: Faber-Castell Perfect Pencil – 5

By: penciladmin

penciladmin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:55:36 +0000

jackieblue, I did recently have some correspondence with Faber-Castell about their lineup, and was told that the current sterling pencil is only sold in solitaire format, as you’ve observed.

The metal on the refill pencil is none of the above – it is nickel or a similar alloy. Of course it is meant to be filled with an eraser and covered by the cap – which is in silver plate or platinum plate, corresponding to the set sold. (They don’t sell the silver plate version anymore either.) So what type of cap accompanies the sterling silver pencil? That I am curious about. I know a few readers own this item, so I’m hoping one of them will share this information with us.

By: jackieblue

jackieblue — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:15:09 +0000

Does anyone know where to find a sterling deskset with the sharpener in the extender? So far, I have only seen the sterling pencil sold in a small box with no extra pencils or erasers. Also, is the metal on the refill pencils sterling, silver plate, or platinum plate?

By: craniopath

craniopath — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:04:30 +0000

The whole sterling silver line of graf faber is distinguished with the second ring on top of the caps. It also feels somewhat heavier than the platinum plated but may be its just psychological :)

By: penciladmin

penciladmin — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:03:44 +0000

Alec, thank you for your thoughtful and detailed comment, which nicely extends this series.

I am glad to hear that the sterling silver version has so much merit.

By: Alec

Alec — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:29:22 +0000

Hi there,

I’ve got the sterling silver version and it is exactly the same as the platinum version, perhaps a few grammes of weight difference, but I went to the store last week and had the both in my hands, but they don’t differ that much that I could feel it.

I like the fact that it is a sterling silver version. A lot of manufacturers these days produce “sterling silver” pens and fountain pens. Just when you hold them they are surprisingly light in weight and I always feel cheated. Not the Graf von Faber-Castell version, it is a real heavy weight. Perhaps as a pencil extender a bit hefty for some, but I more often just use it as a point protector, clipping-my-pencil-to-the-back-of-my-notebook-device and of course as a sharpener!

Nobody is likely to see the difference between a platinum version and a sterling, it is mainly for the owners that like it. As told before on this site there is an meticulous craftsmanship to be found in these pencils, caps & all the other stuf. I got several of the caps, a plated silver like the one on top of this page, two sterling and one with the twisty cap (I don’t use that anymore as I find it to cumbersome, I use the plated at home to extend the stubs I created while “on te move”) and all of them have not one production flaw. A flaw being a bit bent/not fully straight, I guess these things are made by hand for the larger part, but they look like they have been made on a CNC machine without ever being touched! Now that is some crafstmanship…