A.W. Faber Castell 9000 Vintage Pencil Tins Spotlight

While I have been using several empty vintage Faber Castell pencil tins to store a good deal of my leadholder and wood pencil collection for a while now, I just recently acquired a few A.W. Faber Castell 9000 tins with all of their original paper wrapping inserts and most of their original pencils (8H, 2B, 3B, and 4B). Some were unsharpened, and some were factory-sharpened. In the case of the latter, it was interesting to see the cushioning pillow of multiple layers of thin paper and cardboard divider used to protect the pencil points against breakage and prevent them from rolling within the tin during transport. Clear evidence that these pencils were regarded as a premium item and accorded the proper respect.
The Castell drawing pencil was varnished green from its introduction with some slight variations in its markings and tin packaging throughout the past century. Just for a few years after WWII the graphite lead was imported from Germany, and the pencils were manufactured in the USA. Thus probably most vintage pencils you might come across would have been made in Germany. The Faber Castell 9000 has been the company's flagship drawing pencil for over a century already, for it celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2005.
Quick test doodle on a Maruman Croquis sketchbook confirmed that all these vintage pencils were still in perfect working condition. Highly recommend these vintage sets since properly stored pencils will make for excellent sketching tools regardless of their age, and their sleek sturdy storage tins could be used for storing a compact sketching kit or other spare art materials.