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imprint reads “ ✳ VARIUS ✳ Schweizerfabrikat ”

Varius

Schweizerfabrikat, (Switzerland)

purpose
lead diameter
mechanism
composition
variations
production date
origin
sketching
approximately 1 mm to 3 mm
twist lock clutch
hard rubber barrel with plated brass fittings
unknown
1932 to (1936)
unknown (probably Switzerland but possibly Germany)
 
special features clutch adapts to a wide variety of lead sizes
see also Swiss patent no. 164743, 1932–33
  courtesy Allan Macdonald collection

Castell 9026 Varius

A.W. Faber, Nürnberg, Germany

purpose
lead diameter
mechanism
composition
variations
production date
origin
sketching
approximately 1 mm to 3 mm
twist lock clutch
wood barrel with plated brass fittings
unknown
circa 1938
Germany
 
special features clutch adapts to a wide variety of lead sizes
see also Swiss patent no. 164743, 1932–33
B.K. Elliot catalog, 1938, page 258
A.W. Faber Castell 9026 Varius barrel