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Dixon's American Graphite Polygrade Pencils

Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

production date origin available degrees	circa 1870s to (1920) USA S, SM, M, H, VH
see also	F. Weber & Co. catalog, c1890s, page 145 Frost & Adams Co. catalog, 1905, page 196

Dixon first introduced their American Graphite Polygrade pencils in the 1870s. They were eventually available graded from VVVS (very, very, very soft) to VVVH (hard). These were the first American made pencils to compete with Europe's high-end drawing pencils such as A.W. Faber's Polygrade pencils. In 1917, Dixon introduced the Eldorado which was graded in the now familiar European style of 2B, B, HB, H, 2H, etc. By 1920 the Eldorado had supplanted the American Graphite Polygrade line of pencils.


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Dixon's Artist's Perfected Graphite Polygrade Pencils

Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

production date origin available degrees	circa 1870s to (1920) USA VVS, VS, S, SM, MB, M, MH, H, VH, VVH
see also	F. Weber & Co. catalog, c1890s, page 146


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