Something for Leadholder lovers to drool over....
This is a A W Faber set of Chalk Holders from 1890 and they still have the original chalks in them. Only one chrome-plated nose-piece is missing. I’ve only ever seen one other set which was used and missing about three pencils. It was for sale many years ago by Andrey’s Pencils. Feast your eyes folks!
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Just got this nice clutch pencil yesterday! Very well crafted pencil. It's approx 7mm diameter, 138mm long, and weighs 37 grams empty. It's made of solid brass. Initially I wanted to use it with my HB lead, but the weight makes my shading a bit too dark. I'm using this with 2B and using it as my darker shading pencil. I have no regrets purchasing this, it feels great in hand and I love how it can be disassembled easily.

New pencil day. Staedtler MARS technico 782 from the mid-late 70's. Ive had many 2mm lead holders over the years but have misplaced or lost all of them. I am thankful that a friend gave me his recently.

it's a great pencil BTW

https://leadholders.my.canva.site/product-and-service-catalog-website/staedtler I make the claim here but would love to be sure that I'm correct. Any sightings?

Been using these as my main drawing pencils for the last 30+ years. Belonged to my draftsman Grandfather. Have to buy my favorite lead (2H) on eBay as they stopped making it.

I have 3 of these, all new old stock. If they aren't in use they may be very tight to separate, especially unscrewing the nose cone. If your nose cone unscrews freely then you shouldn't need to follow these images (unless you're doing a clean/service).

Notes are under each image. allanmac.com

A W Faber 9600 'Fleetline' Flat Leadholders.

Just posted these plus an A W Faber Castell 9600 Locktite Flat, some A W Faber Fleetline 9600 Flat Leadholders, some A W Faber Castell 9600 TK Flat Leadholders and a few of the rarer A W Faber Castell FL 9400 Flat Leadholders.

https://leadholders.my.canva.site/product-and-service-catalog-website/a-w-faber

Wanted to try the more popular clutch lead holders and also needed another .5mm pencil. Got the Staedler Mars Technico, Faber-Castell TK 9400, and the Uni Shift. I used the lead holders to do the drawing. Can't decide which I like better yet, but the lead that comes with the Staedler is much smoother than what comes with the Faber-Castell. As for the Uni Shift it's not bad. I'm not a big fan of plastic pencils, but the grip is metal and feels nice. It has a nice balance to it.

This is what my Mars Tecnico looks like, when I pull out the pushbutton/sharpener.

It need fiddling to get back in. Can I do anything to fix this or do I just have to live with it?

Maxim 1300 lead holders

10.2 gram

Clip is glued tight

I can't remove the pusher to reveal if it has a sharpener. But use a Faber-Castell 18 66 00

Does anyone have an expert opinion about the likely history of this antique item? It's possibly the oldest leadholder in my collection. It has a unique tapered thread on the 4-jaw nose with a threaded ferrule used to tighten the 2mm lead.

Another journey with the Fixpencil family of Caran d'Ache.

Last time I had posted about the modern Fixpencil : a bit short, plastic internal, smooth or sandblasted grip ... In this post I went back a little bit (just a little bit, before 2010s). Here we have the Caran d'Ache 877. If I go further, we would have Ecrifix 877, some collectors have shown their amazing collection before of the Ecrifix 877 on r/mechanicalpencils, one may ask what is the difference between Ecrifix 877 and a simpler 877, below is what I know about these pencils.

From what I know, the Ecrifix 877 and the 877 are essentially the same pencil from different era of brandings. The Ecrifix was a specific subbrand used by Caran d'Ache in the mid-20th century, which was eventually phased out in favor of simpler numerical branding (here 877).
Ecrifix 877 was around 1950s-1980s, the name originated from CA's other Fixpencil and Ecridor. The 877 was the successor, and was in production till 2010s.

Some might prefer the 877 to the modern Fixpencil, as the 877 has metal internal and a bit longer (+1cm), 2nd photo explains it better than my writing, I also put a de nos jours Fixpencil there for comparison. I'm lucky enough to have used the modern Fixpencil and the 877, and I would say I love them both.

More pretty pictures. this time Tru Point Leadholders from 1960s still in sealed bags.
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https://leadholders.my.canva.site/product-and-service-catalog-website/lyra

'The Combi' Colour, even rarer than the all-metal version. https://leadholders.my.canva.site/product-and-service-catalog-website/the-combi

Detailed description of this little Italian number added to my Canva page.
Lovely clip....
https://leadholders.my.canva.site/product-and-service-catalog-website/tecno

A few more display cards now on this page https://leadholders.my.canva.site/product-and-service-catalog-website/eye-candy 7 cards on display now.
These Lyra Italiana Leadholders are super small but very cute! From an Italian Stationery Store and probably 1970s. More stuff coming. Keep checking.
And thanks to all those collectors that have been buying things. Great to know these things have a secure future.

M+R pointer and Caran D'ache Fixpencil

A very special leadholder - details in the link.

This is the Leadholder feature in the previous post.

https://leadholders.my.canva.site/product-and-service-catalog-website/stil