The idea of enclosing a thin graphite lead in a wooden casing is several hundred years old; it was not new when my ancestors [Kaspar Faber] founded a pencil factory in 1761. But my great-great-grandfather Baron Lothar von Faber, who took over the family firm in 1839, was the first to turn the pencil into a genuine quality product - and the world's first brand-name writing implement ... read more >>
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Graf von Faber Refills
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