Tag Archives: Clamp Eraser

Eberhard Faber 1580/1582

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Sean

An old and unremarkable Eberhard Faber pencil box I recently came across had two remarkable items in it, and both were extenders/caps. First was this extender with clamp eraser, similar to the one in this post: (With a Blaisdell Calculator 600.) This style … Continue reading →

Posted in Pencils | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

BT1 and 1511?

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Sean

Two clamp-related items for this post: one is familiar, the other less so. The “BT1” is another iteration of the Eberhard Faber double-clamp eraser. It looks nearly identical to the No. 2095 from a recent post, and both are German-made: … Continue reading →

Posted in Pencils | Tagged , | 7 Comments

Eberhard Faber No. 2095

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Sean

This item appears to be the German cousin of No. 1085, fitted with both adjustable and replaceable graphite and ink erasers: Until I saw one in person I wasn’t sure how its size compared to the clamp erasers found on … Continue reading →

Posted in Pencils | Tagged , | 10 Comments

Patents on Display

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Sean

[This post is an update to this entry.] The earliest mention I have found so far about this Eberhard Faber pencil extender is a 1921 advertisement, which shows that they were sold with a Pocket Mongol and displayed on a lithographed card: … Continue reading →

Posted in Pencils | Tagged , | 2 Comments

“A box of the type including a body section…”

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Sean

The clamp eraser was not only a feature of many Eberhard Faber products, its design was extolled on some of their packaging too. As you push the end of this box, a cardboard insert shaped like the eraser extends outward from … Continue reading →

Posted in Pencil Users | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Faber-Clamptell

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Sean

(Thanks to Memm for the 80s 9000s.)

Posted in Pencils, Photographs | Tagged , | Leave a comment

“A New Eraser in a Jiffy!”

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Sean

Here are some advertisements from 1924 touting the Eberhard Faber Van Dyke 601 with its “Clamp” tip and adjustable eraser. Even though I first learned about this pencil and eraser design almost 90 years after it was introduced, it still appeared … Continue reading →

Posted in Pencils | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

All Clamped Up.

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Sean

I don’t use mechanical pencils, for the most part, though I do have two Faber-Castell TK Fine Vario pencils. As a result, lead refills aren’t usually something I pay much attention to. These Mongol refills, however, have a unique aspect to their … Continue reading →

Posted in Pencils | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments