Tag Archives: Van Dyke

Chiseled

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Sean

Chisel-point pencils, along with their mechanical cousins (flat-lead pencils), are very interesting to me. The shape and structure of the leads allow you to maintain a more consistent line width when drawing long lines, and are less likely to break … Continue reading →

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Oh, Canada (II)

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Sean

Somewhere, nestled amidst the endless tundra (and ubiquitous Tim Hortons) was once the Canadian division of the Eberhard Faber Pencil Company. This display folio showcases the Microtomic Van Dyke line: The line was offered in 18 degrees, from 7B to … Continue reading →

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Eberhard Faber: Red & Blue. And Red. And Blue.

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Sean

There have been some interesting posts about red & blue pencils lately, such as these posts from Pencils and Other Things, as well as these two posts from Lexikaliker. I don’t have very many examples to share, but here are a few that I … Continue reading →

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Eberhard Faber Van Dyke Display Stand

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Sean

1929

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Eberhard Faber: Erasers Display

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Sean

1923

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Eberhard Faber: Retooling

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Sean

There’s nothing quite like genuine parts when you’re doing a little refurbishing. These 1282 replacement erasers for the clamp, originally made from the Red Ruby formula, are still surprisingly pliant. They were used for the earlier Blackwing and Van Dyke pencils. Eventually … Continue reading →

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“Pull Out Clamp To Lengthen Eraser”

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Sean

This is an Eberhard Faber Van Dyke 601 pencil with a paper insert, explaining how to lengthen the clamp eraser. I’m speculating that this insert was a forerunner to the cutout arrow found on later ferrules: It seems the company didn’t want to … Continue reading →

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Eberhard Faber No. 44 “DIADEM”

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Sean

One of the hundreds of stationery sets offered by the Eberhard Faber Company, the No. 44 “DIADEM” set is from the early 1920s. There is a divided tray on top, a sliding tray on the bottom, and an ink blotter … Continue reading →

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Art of Pencils: The 1923 Eberhard Faber Catalog

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Sean

Some examples of color artwork from the 1923 Eberhard Faber Co. catalog:

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Further Cross-Ferrulizing

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Sean

The Mongol 481 is an un-tipped pencil at birth but is here fitted with a clamp eraser, much like a Van Dyke. The Blackwing has a 1930s-era ferrule from an Eberhard Faber copying pencil. Those lengthy ferrules, once made of ivory, then bone, … Continue reading →

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