Pencil Points: April 2017

Wednesday, 5 April 2017

A is for .... A.W.Faber

I have finally finished sorting my pencils into alphabetical order.
So here we go ..

A.W.Faber

From top to bottom
MANUFACTURIER [Reverse] GRAPHITE DE SIBERIE DE LA MINE ALIBERT
4540 COPYING HARD
"TOWER" PENCIL
WINNER TECHNO TONE
CASTELL
BERKELEY
CASTELL COPIER 9100
CASTELL 9000
5101 MANAGER
DESSIN 1386
4080 GOLDFABER COP

About Me

The original Black Sal was a shadowy figure: an 18th Century smuggler of the finest and purest graphite ever to found: that from the famous wad mines of Cumbria in England.

Obsessed with wad (or with the money that could be made for it) Black Sal eventually died for his passion, hunted to death with hounds.

I don't suppose I shall die for my pencils, and I am absolutely certain I will never make any money from them. But perhaps I share a little of his passion.

Most conveniently: you don't need hounds to track me down : You can email blacksal AT collectingpencils.com