A.W. FABER 1800S PENCIL CAPS - WITH ERASER AND NORMAL CAP
A.W. FABER 1800년대 연필 캡들
Did you know that the history of pencil caps dates back even to the 19th century?
Pencil leads were born to be susceptible to breakage - if they were not, graphite leads couldn't be written so easily on the paper (their relatively weak chemical bonding enables this.)
Many complaints might have arisen regarding this weakness, so the development of pencil caps was inevitable.
Basically, pencil cap was a simple cap literally.
As time goes on, however, more developed forms were invented.
Left and right are the A.W. FABER's catalogs in 1884 and 1897, respectively.
No. 6246 would be the most fundamental one.
No. 6248 has a middle ring to reinforce its capability to hold pencil tightly.
No. 6100 acts not only as a cap, but it also contains an eraser.
Since pencil caps go to the backside when one uses the pencil, it becomes a familiar pencil with eraser tip.
Nowadays, Faber Castell make pencil caps that are made of erasers.
This is No.6248 pencil cap.
The overall design is similar to No.6246, except for the middle ring.
A.W. FABER's name and no balance symbol.
The funny thing is, I have a very similar pencil cap already.
Both have the middle ring and A.W. FABER's name on the ring. (not A.W.FABER-CASTELL)
Two differences are, the left one is more blunt and short, and it also has a balance symbol. (Not major point but the radii of the circles are not same either.)
I don't know why but for some reason, it seems to have experienced a modification in its design.
Or possibly, they were intended to be different and might be different models from the beginning.
The next one is really astonishing.
In my opinion, this is a real Perfect Pencil!
It acts as a pencil cap, it contains an internal eraser, and it concurrently becomes a pencil extender when it goes to the backside - it captures all the essence of a Perfect Pencil indeed!
Speaking generously, it's hard to define the differences in their roles.
A.W. FABER's name.
It was alive in 1884, but no information on its birth and death.
Do you see the spiraling lines on the cap?
This is the crux of this cap, and it can be screwed to protect the eraser.
The eraser is normally inside the protector.
It pops out when you unscrew the cap however.
Ah, very lovely function!
Old A.W. FABER's pencil caps I have.
The left two and right one from 1800s, and the third and fourth ones are from the early 1900s.
The history of pencil caps are still continued as Perfect Pencils or eraser type pencils caps.
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