Eberhard Faber
The Eberhard Faber Pencil Company was started by
Sanford) and eventually rolled into the Paper Mate brand.[2]
Eberhard Faber had a lumber mill on Atsena Otie Key, near Cedar Key, Florida until it was destroyed following the 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane.
A German subsidiary was founded in 1922 in Neumarkt, near Nuremberg, Germany, by sons Eberhard and Lothar.[3]
The company manufactured the original Blackwing 602 pencil, an instrument that has achieved legendary status among writers and animators.
See also
References
- ^ Petroski Henry. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989, at 172.
- ^ Berolzheimer, Charles (31 August 2005). "Mongolized". Timberlines. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ "Eberhard Faber's history". Eberhard Faber. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
Further reading
- Wakin, Daniel J. (2018). "No. 335: 'More Potent for Evil'". The Man with the Sawed-Off Leg and Other Tales of a New York City Block. New York: OCLC 1011557481.
