This post is mainly about the Cohen version of the Account Book pencil, but I’ve decided to show some other examples as well as it seems like a good place to display them. First thing of note, the Account Book pencil from Cohen is an extension of the Compressed Cumberland…

The ‘Royal Sovereign’ pencil is very popular amongst collectors and for good reason.  There are lots of variations to make the hunt interesting, with particularly early models commanding high prices these days (rather unfortunately). You can read a pretty lengthy post about that particular pencil here. The thing is, the…

If you read this blog on a regular basis you might be thinking that this post title looks remarkably similar to another post I wrote – B. S. Cohen’s Compressed Cumberland Lead pencils. And you’d be right.  I recommend that if you haven’t read that post, you read it first before carrying…

When it comes to collecting old Wolff pencils, the examples I always look out for are those that where manufactured when Wolff was operating as a partnership, i.e. predating the formation of the Limited Company. These are usually identified through the use of the words ‘manufacturers’ or ‘makers’ printed somewhere…