![]() ![]() ![]() 317 and were also able to use the Hardtmuth and Koh-I-Noor trademarks. On the other side of the Iron Curtain the descendants of Joseph Hardtmuth, the founder of the company, managed to re-establish pencil production of the Koh-I-Noor in Upper Austria in 1950 see the Ruling of the Federal Court (of Switzerland) 83 II 312, p. At that time there was no pencil production in Austria as earlier production was moved to Budweis – when the Austro-Hungarian Empire was still around. It all started to go a bit pear shaped for the Koh-I-Noor pencil when, after WWII, companies in Czechoslovakia were nationalised. The Koh-I-Noor on both sides of the Iron Curtain You can admire the Koh-I-Noor diamond in the Tower of London. This diamond is set in the crown of Queen Elizabeth see Wikipedia (That’s Queen Elizabeth, the wife of King George VI – not Queen Elizabeth II, the current queen). The Koh-I-Noor pencil was named after the Koh-I-Noor diamond, a diamond from India that was once the largest known diamond. Such a luxurious pencil needs a fitting name. 191 in my UK edition of this book or the effort made to protect it – a Manx cat and her offspring were protecting the store rooms of this pencil from mice again p. I fear they also don’t share the high quality of the old Koh-I-Noor pencils which were given “fourteen coats of golden-yellow lacquer, the ends of the pencils were sprayed with gold paint, lettering was applied in 16-carat gold leaf” see Henry Petroski: The pencil 1989, p. Now before I go any further I have to to say that the two descendants of the original Koh-I-Noor share the heritage but not the pompousness of the original Koh-I-Noor. 161 in my UK edition of this book.ĭifferent Koh-I-Noor pencils, made in Austria and the Czech Republic – bought in the UK, Germany and China. However, both the flag of the Austrian Empire and the flag of the Kingdom … Continue reading – “and since the graphite was black, the pencil had to be painted golden yellow” see Henry Petroski: The pencil (1989), p. Hardtmuth Company picked yellow as the colour for this pencil because the flag of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (the same as the flag of the Habsburg Monarchy) was black and yellow in the comments of this blog post Rick has corrected this: the flag of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was not black and yellow. Petroski mentions a story in his book that describes how the L. If you are not familiar with the Koh-I-Noor: this is the pencil that might be the reason there are so many yellow pencils around, especially in North America. This pencil just featured in Contrapuntalism’s latest blog post (last picture) and I also mentioned it in my previous blog post. It’s the Koh-I-Noor’s 125th birthday this year! Congratulations! I believe that the use of the images shown in this blog post falls under “fair dealing” as described by the UK Copyright service. The images in this blog post have been taken from Bundoki and ZC77. I would like to thank Gunther for telling me about the Faber-Castell 952500. If you are interested in finding out more about the Delis have a look at other blog posts in the Deli category. Here’s are the Delis used by Faber-Castell and Koh-I-Noor in their ‘Deli looks’. The 0668 has been resold by a few other companies, too, including Kikkerland. Koh-I-Noor, too, picked a Deli as an addition to their line: the 0668, but they call it the 9095. I call it Faber-CasDeli (image © Bundoki) Faber-Castell offers a sharpener, the 952500, that seems to be a Deli 0635 in disguise. It’s nice to see that the quality of the Deli seems to be good enough for the big and well-established brands, too. I just don't see any downside to this ink.If you’ve followed my blog for a while you might have noticed that I’m fond of Deli’s crank sharpeners, particularly the Deli 0635. It also dries fast to a matte surface just like the Black Star Matte. When you use it on white paper, the contrast is striking. I've tested more than a dozen black inks and the Black Star HiCarb is the darkest. Martin's Black Star HiCarb India Ink is the one to get. If you want the darkest possible permanent ink, Dr. The ink is waterproof and resistant to erasing. Interestingly, the label on the bottle says that it can be used in technical pens as mall as 0.134mm. It's pigmented, made from 100% carbon black pigment. The ink comes in a 30ml bottle with a dropper. It's really quite amazing to see an ink so black. This is also the darkest compared to all other black inks I've reviewed. It's darker than both Black Star Matte and Bombay Black. Martin's Black Star HiCarb India Ink is the darkest black ink from Dr. ![]()
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