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gold button variant courtesy Paul Hunt collection,
red button variant courtesy Allan Macdonald collection

A.W. Faber Sure-Grip 6500

A.W. Faber Inc. Newark, New Jersey, USA

lead diameter
mechanism
composition
variations
production date
origin
2 mm
pushbutton spring clutch
plastic barrel, metal grip and mechanism
colored pushbutton: gold, green, red, ?
(1950s)
USA
   
A.W. Faber Sure-Grip 6803 (USA), black

A.W. Faber Sure-Grip 6803 (USA), red

A.W. Faber Sure-Grip 6803 (USA), yellow

A.W. Faber Sure-Grip 6803 (USA), blue
blue variant courtesy Laurie Schmidtke collection

A.W. Faber Sure-Grip 6803

(USA)

A.W. Faber Inc. Newark, New Jersey, USA

lead diameter
mechanism
composition
variations
production date
origin
2 mm
pushbutton spring clutch
plastic barrel, metal fittings
barrel color: black, blue, red, yellow, ?
1950s–60s
USA
   
see also A.W. Faber-Castell Locktite 9800
A.W. Faber Sure-Grip 6803 (Germany)

A.W. Faber Sure-Grip 6803

(made in Germany)

A.W. Faber Inc. Newark, New Jersey, USA

lead diameter
mechanism
composition
variations
production date
origin
2 mm
pushbutton spring clutch
plastic barrel, metal fittings
unknown
1970s
Germany
   
see also Art Brown catalog, 1978, p 100
Faber-Castell 9800 SG
Faber-Castell Sure Grip 6803

Faber-Castell Sure-Grip 6803

(made in Italy)

Faber-Castell, New Jersey, USA

lead diameter
mechanism
composition
variations
production date
origin
2 mm
pushbutton spring clutch
plastic barrel, metal fittings
unknown
1980s or 90s
Italy
 
see also Koh-I-Noor 5611 (plastic barrel)