Eberhard Faber Pencils
How They Are Made

EBERHARD FABER : new York Rubber Erasers in all styles, shapes and sizes and for every conceivable purpose are shown. These include the “Van Dyke,” a soft, flexible, pink rubber, matchless for erasing pencil marks. And “Kneaded” rubber, a plastic compound which the user may shape to suit his convenience and which is preferred by artists for cleaning drawings, etc. There are the well known school styles, such as No. 1025 “F,” a deep red block rubber, and the No. 812 “ Rouge,” of narrow, single bevel shape, both of which in the small sizes, such as 80 to the pound, are extensively used in schools throughout the country. Mention should be made also of those other popular brands such as the “Cabinet,” “Ideal,” “Cerise,” “Amazon,” “Ruby,” and “Emerald.” These are all pencil rubbers. The last two have for years been the leading commercial erasers on the market, a place long ago earned and sustained in spite of any number of imitations. Some of these rubbers, the “Van Dyke” for instance, are made in as many as ten sizes, from the bulky four to the pound to the small size No. 80. Others are made in the diminutive No. 120. In ink and pencil erasers the “Union,” half ink and half pencil of the double bevel pattern, is the best known. Typewriters’ Erasers embrace the “Ten-Eighty” cir- cular, the “Comet,” circular shape with tail-like brush, and the long, double bevel such as No. 102, which is made in three sizes. Then there are Ink Erasers of various kinds and large, oblong blocks of soft rubber for library use to restore the soiled pages of books; electrotypers’ finishing rubber; “ Polita” steel polish, the rapid rust remover, etc. These with others too numerous to mention are displayed in original packages. THE OLDEST PENCIL FACTORY IN AMERICA