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“Caran d’Ache” is a rendering of the Russian word for “pencil”. It is also a Swiss art supply and luxury writing company named after a 19th century satirist who took Caran d’Ache as his editorial name. The Technograph 777 is one of three graphite pencils currently made by Caran d’Ache, and their only woodcase pencil [...] Let’s start 2008 with some colour. International Arrivals of Boulder, Colorado has released an attention grabbing set of carpenter pencils in green, yellow, purple, blue, orange and red. And this isn’t just the pencil’s paint to which we’re referring – these pencils contain the corresponding coloured leads! Made in Taiwan, the pencils are simply labeled [...] The Castell 9000 is a famous and iconic pencil. A flagship product of Faber-Castell, the world’s largest pencil company, the 9000 has over a century of history as an important working tool of writers, artists and engineers. The dark rich green (“forest green”) has varied in shade over the years, but the current version is [...] I’ve written before about the Lyra Ferby. I think it’s a great pencil that deserves more recognition. For a start, the artists who enjoy the Koh-I-Noor Triograph should give the Ferby a try. But there has been a problem with the Ferby – as a short pencil, it won’t remain usable after a dozen sharpenings. [...] An eBay seller sent me a few “bonus” items with some pencils I bought – vintage lead refills. The leads are 1.18 mm in diameter. Though once the standard, this diameter is infrequently used today. Unfortunately, I don’t own a pencil that can use this lead. What has kept me interested is the packaging – [...] I ordered these pencils from the Forest Stewardship Council of Canada after learning of their new marketing initiative. The pencils have an imprinted slogan, “Saving forests one pencil at a time”, which I found intriguing. I’ve enjoyed using the ForestChoice pencil, and had hoped this might be some sort of equivalent. The pencils are round [...] |
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