In 1889, the Koh-i-Noor 1500 pencil made its grand debut at the Paris World's Fair.
The 1500 was the first pencil to be painted yellow as a design choice. Painting a pencil usually meant that the pencil was imperfect and there was something to hide, so manufacturers of high-quality pencils chose to leave them unpainted to show the wood grain.
More than a century later, the Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth 1500 is still manufactured in much the same way as it was in the 1880s and represents an undeniably important moment in pencil history.
Made in the Czech Republic.
Hexagonal shape.
Length: 17.78 cm.
Ideal for painting, drawing and writing in our notebooks .
