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imprint reads: " * Johann Faber No. 1"	image courtesy Allan Macdonald collection

Johann Faber No. 1

Johann Faber, Germany

lead diameter mechanism composition variations production date origin	2 mm twist lock clutch wooden barrel, metal clutch, metal endcap degree imprint: 1, 2, ? circa 1900 Germany
see also	Frost & Adams Co. catalog, 1905, p 192 A.W. Faber Artist's Pencil

Johann Faber invented the drafting leadholder. His name appears on the 1861 US patent 33,034 "Pencil" which was filed while he was serving as manager of engineering and production for the A.W. Faber company. Johann Faber founded his own pencil company in 1878. In 1931, A.W. Faber-Castell bought the Johann Faber company.

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Johann Faber No. 2

Johann Faber, Germany

lead diameter mechanism composition variations production date origin	2 mm twist lock clutch wooden barrel, metal clutch, bone or ivory endcap degree imprint: 1, 2, ? circa 1910 Germany