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L&C Hardtmuth Koh-I-Noor 5649

L&C Hardtmuth, Bloomsbury, New Jersey, USA

purpose lead diameter mechanism composition variations production date origin	sketching 5.6 mm pushbutton spring clutch all metal none (1960s) Italy
special features	lead pointer in removable pushbutton
see also	L&C Hardtmuth 48 Fredrix Artists Materials catalog, 1964, p 133 Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph, Inc. catalog, 1980, p75 Art Brown catalog, 1978, p 100 Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth AG catalog, circa 1980s, p 28

This is an early version of the 5649 made in Italy. There was also a US made variant, which I believe was the first 5649.



Top and Side of the Italian made 5649.

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A circa 1980 Italian made variant.	courtesy Luca Panaro collection

Koh-I-Noor 5649

(Koh-I-Noor, Italy)?

purpose lead diameter mechanism composition variations production date origin	sketching 5.6 mm pushbutton spring clutch all metal none circa 1980 Italy
special features	lead pointer in removable pushbutton

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L&C Hardtmuth Koh-I-Noor 5649 1/2

L&C Hardtmuth, Bloomsbury, New Jersey, USA

purpose lead diameter mechanism composition variations production date origin	sketching 5.6 mm pushbutton spring clutch all metal none (1960s) Italy
special features	lead pointer in removable pushbutton
see also	other Hardtmuth 5.6 mm leadholders

This little stub was a nice suprise to find. If someone had told me Koh-I-Noor once made a leadholder half the size of the model 5649 and called the 5649-and-a-half, I would have punched him in the nut sack. Hard. It takes the same 5.6 mm lead as its big brother. In addition to the size difference, this one also has a round barrel rather than hexagonal.

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Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth AG 5649/MS

L&C Hardtmuth AG, Austria

purpose lead diameter mechanism composition variations production date origin	sketching 5.6 mm pushbutton spring clutch all metal none 1980s to 1996 Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic
special features	lead pointer in removable pushbutton
see also	other Hardtmuth 5.6 mm leadholders Cretacolor 430 02

This mighty leadholder and those like it below are, obviously, identical except for the imprint. The "AG" appended to the brand on the one above refers to the Post WWII Austrian arm of the L&C Hardtmuth company. L&C Hardtmuth AG ceased operation in 1996. Their Austrian manufacturing facilities are now operated by Cretacolor. All of these leadholders were manufactured by the Czech L&C Hardtmuth A.S.

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Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth 5340

L&C Hardtmuth A.S., Czech Republic

purpose lead diameter mechanism composition variations production date origin	sketching 5.6 mm pushbutton spring clutch all metal none (1990s) Czech Republic