Boring
Welcome | What’s New?
Site Map | Usage Note

Become a Contributor
Really Boring
What is a Leadholder?
Leadholder History
Leadholder Mechanics
Leadholder Database
Yawn
References
Contributors
Leadholder Links
Contact D. B. Smith

Faber-Castell TK 9401 “Universal”

Faber-Castell, Germany

purpose
lead diameter
mechanism
composition
variations
production date
origin
sketching
2 mm to 3.15 mm
pushbutton spring clutch
plastic barrel, metal fittings
unknown
1980s
West Germany
   
see also Faber-Castell (South America) catalog, circa late 1980s, p 12


Castell TK 9410 Copier

(wooden barrel)

A.W. Faber Castell, Nürnberg, Germany

purpose
lead diameter
mechanism
composition
variations
production date
origin
office use
2 mm
pushbutton spring clutch
wood barrel, metal mechanism
colored pushbutton: blue, red, ?
circa 1948 to mid 1950s
Germany
 
see also A.W. Faber (Germany) Castell TK 9400 drafting leadholder
courtesy Allan Macdonald collection

Castell TK 9420 Color

(wooden barrel)

A.W. Faber Castell, Nürnberg, Germany

purpose
lead diameter
mechanism
composition
variations
production date
origin
coloring
2 mm
pushbutton spring clutch
wood barrel, metal mechanism
colored pushbutton and numbered imprint: 115-green, ?
circa 1948 to mid 1950s
Germany
   
see also A.W. Faber (Germany) Castell TK 9400 drafting leadholder
A.W. Faber (USA) Castell Locktite Color leadholder
A.W. Faber Castell TK Color Lead 9180
courtesy Allan Macdonald collection

Castell TK 9420 Color

(straight plastic barrel)

A.W. Faber Castell, Germany

purpose
lead diameter
mechanism
composition
variations

production date
origin
coloring
2 mm
pushbutton spring clutch
plastic barrel, metal mechanism
12 barrel colors,
30 imprints (see chart at right)
circa 1957
Germany
 
TK 9420 TK 9420 TK 9420 TK 9420 TK 9420 TK 9420 TK 9420 TK 9420 TK 9420 TK 9420 TK 9420 TK 9420
201 204
207
209 215
217
218
230
222
226
234
294
245
247
237
251
243
242
257
269
262
263
266
273
276
281
287
290
296
299
special features
see also A.W. Faber-Castell 1957 catalog (Germany), p 56
Faber-Castell TK 9420

Castell TK 9420 Color

A.W. Faber Castell, Germany

purpose
lead diameter
mechanism
composition
variations
production date
origin
coloring
2 mm
pushbutton spring clutch
plastic barrel, metal mechanism, plastic pushbutton
colored pushbutton
early 1980s
Germany
   
see also A.W. Faber (Germany) Castell TK 9400 drafting leadholder
Faber-Castell (South America) catalog, circa early 1980, p 12
A.W. Faber Castell TK 9430

A.W. Faber-Castell TK 9430

Faber-Castell, Germany

purpose
lead diameter
mechanism
composition
variations
production date
origin
sketching
4.5 mm
pushbutton spring clutch
plastic barrel, metal fittings
pushbutton color: black, blue, gray, red, yellow, ?
(1960s to 1970s)
Germany
   
see also Faber-Castell 9073 lead
A.W. Faber-Castell 1957 catalog (Germany), p 56 and 58
This is the only leadholder I'm aware of to use 4.5 mm lead.
A.W. Faber Castell DS 9450
A.W. Faber Castell DS 9450
A.W. Faber Castell DS 9450
A.W. Faber Castell DS 9450
courtesy Allan Macdonald collection

Castell DS 9450

A.W. Faber, Germany

purpose
lead diameter
mechanism
composition
variations
production date
origin
coloring
1.5 mm
pushbutton spring clutch
plastic barrel, metal mechanism
pushbutton color and lead: blue, green, red, white
circa 1957
Germany
   
see also A.W. Faber-Castell 1957 catalog, p 45
courtesy Allan Macdonald collection

A.W. Faber-Castell TR 7095 Eraser

A.W. Faber-Castell, Germany

purpose
lead diameter
mechanism
composition
variations
production date
origin
eraser
~ 3 mm
push button incremental advance clutch
plastic barrel, metal fittings
none
(1960s or 1970s)
Germany