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These are not pencils for writing memoirs or taking scientific notes. Made by Caran d’Ache, the graphite core is water soluble. Like watercolour paint, the graphite dissolves when wet, becoming another type of medium, while remaining graphite. The pencils, in HB, B, and 3B, have the bar code attached to a removable plastic piece: The [...] Interested in a great graphite writing and drawing experience that might use a less well known writing implement? How about the opportunity to use colour leads, or even a ballpoint pen with the same pencil? Let’s take a look at 3.15mm leadholders! These pencils have a lead diameter that is about 50% thicker than the [...] This post continues on two other articles about vintage multipencils. (The Faber-Castell 33/78 four colour pencil and the Caran D’ache Tricolor.) I mentioned their quality construction, as well as the relative complexity of their mechanisms. Well, I got further with them than I did with the Caran d’Ache 45. The 45 was advertised online as [...] The Caran d’Ache Tricolor is another vintage multipencil, no less complicated than the pencil in the previous post. Gold-plated, the cap is inscribed “Plaqué D’or”. It is a leadholder with three (graphite, red, blue) inserts. Instructions are always good, but warnings in special red ink can be a bit scary. (Non-literal translation: If you break [...] The edelweiss 341 is the student line graphite pencil from Caran d’Ache. The pencil varnish colours represent different lead degrees: 2H – Green F – Blue HB- Red 3B – Grey Probably many of us would associate a scheme like this only with higher end products. The pencils additionally bear the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) [...] This pencil looks like it could be a marketing or novelty item. It lacks an imprinted name or model number. The pencil is made and sold by Caran d’Ache under their own name as part of a larger product campaign. The graphic is striking – a red background, with white crosses. The matching ballpoint pen [...] |
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