GRAF VON FABER CASTELL HERITAGE ALEXANDER FOUNTAIN PEN
그라폰 파버카스텔 헤리티지 알렉산더 만년필
Since Wilhelm von Faber, the son of Lothar von Faber, died of a heart attack at his 40s, Faber family had problems with delivering its family business to male offsprings.
After Lothar von Faber died in 1896, his wife took charge of the company for years.
After his granddaughter married to Alexander Graf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen in 1898, they made a new family Faber-Castell to succeed the A.W. FABER company.
This is the history of the name Faber-Castell we know today.
Marriage is a tremendous family occasion.
Hence, it is natural that Faber company celebrated the marriage in many ways.
For example, the 150th year anniversary tin case has their figures, and there was a pencil to commemorate the marriage between Toni and Mary.
Alongside those things, this heritage series is the best celebrating way.
Heritage series consist of Alexander fountain pen with castell 9000's popular dark green color, and Ottilie fountain pen with purple color.
It seems that Alexander fountain pen is more popular since Faber Castell lovers always prefer the castell 9000 green color.
This model has its exclusive case, but I don't have it.
I don't know why but Faber Castell made less number of cases than the fountain pen.
This delicately gleaming barrel is the feature of Alexander fountain pen.
All six sides are decorated with guilloche patterns.
As a personal opinion, I think Ottilie version has better design.
Ottilie fountain pen has distinctive patterns instead of the guilloche pattern.
All metal parts are made of sterling silver.
The only problem of silver is that it gets dirty easily.
It would regain its light after the treatment of silver polish.
Handmade in Germany.
This symbol is a combination of A, O, F, and C.
They mean Alexander-Ottilie-Faber-Castell.
This symbol is unique in this heritage series.
925 meaning the sterling silver.
To commemorate the marriage in 1898, the fountain pen is limited to 1898 pieces.
Still, they don't have the serial number.
It's unusual that Graf von Faber Castell's limited edition doesn't have a serial number.
The nib is the common 18K bicolor nib.
One shortcoming of Graf von Faber Castell is their lack of nib design.
Nearly every nib is the same, as a matter of fact.
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