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Apart from being a multiplication table pencil from a famous manufacturer, this pencil was interesting to me as a Faber-Castell product labelled as being from Brazil. For sale via an eBay seller in Cyprus (I’ve corresponded with others who’ve purchased the same pencil set), it seems to have taken an interesting path before arriving at my [...] A couple of years ago, I found some Grip 2001 pencils in red and blue finishes. There were two comments about a black version also existing. I guess the black version is even more unusual, as I’d not even seen it online, let alone in person. That recently changed, as I saw a package [...] Though erasable colour pencils may not be new, they remain a small specialty pencil category. Aimed at children, it is a set of twelve pencils, each with the lead colour matching the pencil finish and eraser. The pencils have no model number, [...] Faber-Castell’s Brazilian operation makes 1.8 billion pencils a year! It is a true wonder that more don’t wash up overseas. Well perhaps they do – but their origins aren’t mentioned. First, happy Thanksgiving to pencil talk readers in the United States! There were some queries about a particular pencil shown in the previous post. That pencil of interest is the Graf von Faber-Castell Guilloche pencil. It is presented in a modest but pleasing cardboard box: For those seeking the pencils, they [...] |
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