The Blackwing 602 — one of the most famous pencils of all time — stands alone in many ways, but it was actually part of a larger line of pencils. The 602 part of the name wasn’t there just for style purposes, there were other pencils in the numbers directly before and after the Blackwing.
Here are the Eberhard Faber pencil numbers, in order. This isn’t a full list, but we’ll outline the notable pencils and expand the list as we learn about more.
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Pencils
- 225: Marigold #2 pencil with a round body
- 240: Marigold #2 with a hexagonal body
- 265: Marigold #2 with a hexagonal body and an oversized eraser
- 300: Dot. A round pencil with a spiral “fluted” finish. Early models had an extended ferrule
- 342: Eberhard Faber #2 round Gilt pencil
- 375B: The Commerce pencil with a black finish
- 375N: The Commerce pencil with a natural finish
- 434: The Empress #2 pencil in green
- 465: Columbia: A red, white, and blue round pencil
- 480: Mongol #2 School, a round pencil
- 481: Mongol Drawing pencil. Hexagonal, yellow body. No eraser or ferrule
- 482: The classic Mongol #2. A classic yellow pencil the Eberhard Faber sold for many years. Hexagonal body, black ferrule with a gold band
- 483: Great Mongol: Wider than normal diameter Mongol
- 484: Mongol #2 School pencil
- 488: Mongolette. A #2 Mongol pencil but with a reduced width body
- 493: Ray. A round pencil with an orange finish
- 494: Roundabout. A round pencil with a green body and a shiny gold ferrule
- 496: Hexaround. A hexagonal #2 pencil with rounded corners
- 580: Sales Book. A round pencil with grey paint and a shiny gold ferrule
- 595: Stenographic: Sharpener on both side, round body, medium-soft lead
- 596: Mongol Stenographic pencil
- 600: The Van Dyke hexagonal pencil. Later made with “Hi-Density” Microtomic graphite. No ferrule or eraser. Sold in 17 degrees, from 6B to 9H
- 601: Van Dyke pencil with a flat ferrule, similar to the Blackwing 602. Yellow polish
- 602: The Blackwing
- 603: A Microtomic pencil with a flat ferrule. The Van Dyke branding was dropped for this pencil
- 702: Mongol copying pencil with a yellow body
- 711: Mongol copying pencil with a red body
- 717: Van Dyke copying pencil
- 751: Eberhard Faber Transfer Ink pencil
- 1188: Marigold. A hexagonal yellow pencil with a shiny, gold ferrule
- 1240: Marigold #3 pencil with a natural-colored hexagonal body
- 6370: Elementary: An extra wide pencil for beginner writers
- 6379: Black Knight: Round body with a extra large diameter, very soft lead
- 6649: Marking Weatherproof: Extra wide pencil with waterproof lead
Accessories And Accessorized Pencils
- 1501: Pocket Pencil: A half-sized pencil with a point protector with a built-in eraser
- 1548B: Flat Pocket pencil with extendable clamp eraser
- 1571C: Extra Large Mongol Eraser pocket pencil
- 1586E: A Van Dyke pencil topped with a nickel letter opener
- 1671: Pencil point protector with extra large eraser
- 1681: Pencil Lengthener
Please note: Most of these descriptions are based on the Eberhard Faber 1930 catalog. Some of the pencils changed over time so the descriptions won’t be accurate for the entire life of the product.