FABER CASTELL FACTORY THICK PENCIL
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The new year's first post needs to be special!
The value of this pencil might depend on the people.
Most pen collectors prefer fountain pens and every pen collector has different taste.
Still, I hope someone would have similar palate with me and find this pencil really interesting.
I once posted A.W. FABER's giant pencils for special occasions.
I assume this pencil was made for some event too, something like a promoting event of A.W.FABER for instance.
The pencil has a photo of Faber Castell's pencil factory.
I could find the exactly same photo from a document in 1938.
The landscape of the factory might have changed as time passes, so I believe this pencil was also made contemporarily.
This pencil must have been made earlier than 200th anniversary pencil in 1961.
As this pencil shows, Faber Castell had several factories in Germany.
Is this the view of the main factory in Stein bei Nürnberg?
I think it really is.
Above all, I believe there's no reason to publish other facilities for this pencil.
The place now looks like this.
(This photo is in the 250th anniversary book published in 2011.)
Some might have changed, but the majority looks still similar.
The place had more chimneys in the past.
I expect there were fewer buildings as well.
Did Faber Castell get rid of some chimneys as a part of green management?
This pencil was made when the company name was "A.W. FABER," not "A.W. FABER-CASTELL."
The trade mark of balance symbol and castle symbol of Castell can be seen.
The letter "A.G." indicates "Aktiengesellschaft," which can be simply treated as "Ltd." or just company.
The pencil itself says Stein bei Nürnberg.
Well, I've exhausted every information I could obtain from this pencil.
Albeit I couldn't find what I wanted, including when and for what this was made, I'm still satisfied with beginning the new year with this pencil.
It has a gold trim near the end and the end point has a black color.
I haven't measured, but it is a really thick pencil!
The frontal part.
Notwithstanding the lead is barely seen, I wouldn't sharpen the pencil further since I'm worried to disrupt the scenery of the factory.
I can only sharpen the front end without touching the photo, of course, but I'm not that brave.
Let me compare this with my tinest pencil, No.6296 pencil of A.W. FABER.
The thinnest and the thickest pencils are on my hand!
It's exceedingly funny that No.4296 pencil is even thinner than the lead of this factory pencil!
What a delightful view is spreading here!
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