Perhaps we’re biased, but there’s a unique beauty to drawing pencils that isn’t matched by your everyday writing pencil. Usually painted in a pleasing color and embossed with their name and grade, ...

Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell, who led the centuries-old German maker of the humble pencil used in classrooms around the world and added a line of jewel-encrusted pens, has died at the age of 74.

So when is the last time you picked up a pencil? These writing instruments, it often seems, have gone nearly extinct as a primary method of writing—a sad commentary, since their rich history is one of ...

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Count Anton Wolfgang Lothar Andreas von Faber-Castell once flung 144 pencils from the top of his castle to prove their quality - and none broke. Interview by Rob Davies. The Americans spent millions ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writer, editor, publisher and fan of all things handwritten. Since overseas travel may not be on your list of things to do in the ...

How pencil-maker Faber-Castell balances stewardship of its brand with innovation, evolution, and adopting new technologies. Pencil-maker Faber-Castell has been in business since 1761, but it is still ...

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ADVISED them in his paper. Henry David Thoreau made them in his father's Concord factory. Most Americans don't even know that much about the pencil—a tool so ubiquitous it often goes ...