Comments on: Happy Birthday, Faber-Castell 9000.

By: Lexikaliker - Zeitzeuge

Lexikaliker - Zeitzeuge — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:28:27 +0000

[...] vom 9.9.11: Unter „Happy Birthday, Faber-Castell 9000″ hat Michael Leddy zum 100. Geburtstag des CASTELL 9000 einen bebilderten Beitrag zu diesem [...]

By: Rans Jean

Rans Jean — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:00:11 +0000

Dear sirs

Congratulations for the anniversary. In my collection of tin boxes I have a very old tin pencil box A.W. Faber Castell. I think years 1930 I liked to know where and when those boxes were produced and sold. Were can I send you pictures of this box

Thank you for the information

Your’s sincerely

Jean Rans

BELGIUM

By: Stuart Lawson

Stuart Lawson — Sat, 30 May 2009 11:09:15 +0000

Hi
Just a not of interest if you can help. I have come across some castel wood and metal pencils from 1920′s are they rare.
And what would they be worth please

By: GEORGE CASTELL

GEORGE CASTELL — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:35:08 +0000

My family is from Cedar Key Fl. where the faber-castell pencil factory originated. I have some of the first pencils from that factory. Would be interested to hear from any other Castells that might remember anything about it. George H. Castell

By: pencil talk » Blog Archive » Faber-Castell Castell 9000 pencil

pencil talk » Blog Archive » Faber-Castell Castell 9000 pencil — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:23:35 +0000

[...] Michael Leddy’s essay on the 9000. [...]

By: Noel L. Dunnavan

Noel L. Dunnavan — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:37:39 +0000

Would like to purchase several boxes of Turquoise Eagle 2mm drawing leads in dark blue if you have them available?

Thanks!

N. L. Dunnavan

By: Slywy

Slywy — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:21:20 +0000

I’ve got some FaberCastell Mongol #1s from college (1979-1983) or shortly thereafter — not sure. The bookstore (now managed by Barnes & Noble) once sold mostly Mongols, so that’s pretty much what everyone on campus used. You could tell who was able to shop elsewhere. I didn’t know Mongols had become rare. I think that the last time I looked they had the usual PaperMates or something along those lines. I have about 17 or 18 unsharpened Mongol #1s left, and one I’m working on. I guess I’ll hang onto the unsharpened ones!

By: Steve L.

Steve L. — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 05:16:00 +0000

Total agreement on how good the vintage 9000 pencils are, and especially, how nice the tins are, with the lettering embossed in the lid.
Maybe I was just lucky, on ebay, but recently I was able to get a number of brand new never used tins of 9000s, along with equally fun vintage Koh-i-noor 1500 drafting pencils, all in 2b or 3b, as well as six boxes of vintage Eagle Turquoise drawing pencils, in 3b. (I also lost out on a number of them, so there are other pencil people out there bidding…)
All are real red cedar, no erasers, and the Koh-i-noors are a nice muted yellow; the turquoise are, not surprisingly, turquoise blue, though possibly darkened a bit through age.
I’m still looking for vintage Mongols and Mikados, though they seem to be hard to find…
Again, great article and great photos… Thanks.

By: Deadprogrammer

Deadprogrammer — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 21:41:00 +0000

Shopping for "supplies" is a psychological thing for me. Only lately I started to buy pencils and pencil-related things though.

By: ana

ana — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:09:00 +0000

Thanks for the great story about pencils and all those wonderful stationery stores of yesteryear. An inspiration and a reminder of how well the pencil endures.