Just got this lot of 63 vintage
A.W. Faber Castell 9000 Professional Drawing Pencils that I found on
E-bay. Their silver boxes with bright green graphics are quite striking, and their barrel markings indicated they were manufactured in Germany in the 1960's judging from the white band visible on the
dipped end of each pencil.
The graphite grade was also marked on the side of these silver boxes: three
2B (2 full boxes, and one with 10 pencils), one
HB with 11 pencils, one
4H with 8 pencils (matchbox-style box with slide out tray), and one
6H with 10 pencils. Which worked out roughly to a little over a quarter per professional drawing pencil, a pretty good deal considering that
current prices can range from
80 cents to
$1.07 per pencil depending on bulk discounts. Interestingly from the writing on the boxes, looks like they were marked down to
50 cents for a dozen box at some point.
Probably over 40 years old, these vintage
Castell 9000 Drawing pencils still sharpened easily and worked nicely on this
Canson manga trading card.
Recommended.
Just got this lot of 63 vintage A.W. Faber Castell 9000 Professional Drawing Pencils that I found on E-bay. Their silver boxes with bright green graphics are quite striking, and their barrel markings indicated they were manufactured in Germany in the 1960's judging from the white band visible on the dipped end of each pencil.
The graphite grade was also marked on the side of these silver boxes: three 2B (2 full boxes, and one with 10 pencils), one HB with 11 pencils, one 4H with 8 pencils (matchbox-style box with slide out tray), and one 6H with 10 pencils. Which worked out roughly to a little over a quarter per professional drawing pencil, a pretty good deal considering that current prices can range from 80 cents to $1.07 per pencil depending on bulk discounts. Interestingly from the writing on the boxes, looks like they were marked down to 50 cents for a dozen box at some point.
Probably over 40 years old, these vintage Castell 9000 Drawing pencils still sharpened easily and worked nicely on this Canson manga trading card. Recommended.
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4 comments:
They look interesting!
I have a question to you: Do you prefer sketching with regular pencils or with the authomatic ones?
I prefer to carry 2 mm leadholders with me for the convenience of their constant dimensions and comfortable grip, but I do enjoy wooden pencils when I can have a reliable sharpener and pencil extenders on hand. So while it depends on the circumstances, I seem to rely on automatic pencils more often.
Oh, as I supposed. They are very comfortable indeed.
2 mm? I've never drawn with them. The lines must be very thick!
Not at all, for I have several lead pointers that yield a razor sharp point on the 2 mm leads. A 2 mm leadholder pretty much has the same functionality of a brand new wooden pencil all the time since it does not have the drawback of ever decreasing length after each sharpening.
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