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imprint reads “ ✳ VARIUS ✳ Schweizerfabrikat ”

Varius

Schweizerfabrikat, (Switzerland)

purpose lead diameter mechanism composition variations production date origin	sketching approximately 1 mm to 3 mm twist lock clutch hard rubber barrel with plated brass fittings unknown 1932 to (1936) unknown (probably Switzerland but possibly Germany)
special features	clutch adapts to a wide variety of lead sizes
see also	Swiss patent no. 164743, 1932–33

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	courtesy Allan Macdonald collection

Castell 9026 Varius

A.W. Faber, Nürnberg, Germany

purpose lead diameter mechanism composition variations production date origin	sketching approximately 1 mm to 3 mm twist lock clutch wood barrel with plated brass fittings unknown circa 1938 Germany
special features	clutch adapts to a wide variety of lead sizes
see also	Swiss patent no. 164743, 1932–33 B.K. Elliot catalog, 1938, page 258