GENERAL PENCIL LAYOUT PENCIL #555 EXTRA BLACK
SPECIMEN REFERENCE GWI-01014 |
CLASSIFICATION: GRAPHITE WRITING INSTRUMENT
PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE — GWI-01014
IDENTITY & CLASSIFICATION
MANUFACTURER:General Pencil
SERIES / LINE:Layout Pencil #555
GRADE:Extra Black
MODEL CODE:HUNB
CORPORATE BODY:General Pencil Company, Inc.
EAN ARTICLE NO.:4902778978924
JAN ARTICLE NO.:4902778978924
CLASSIFICATION:Hi-uni
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
| COUNTRY | USA (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| ERASER-TIPPED | No |
| GRADE | Extra Black (Extra Soft, ~6B equivalent) |
| INTENDED USE | drawing |
| SERIES | Layout Pencil #555 |
| SHAPE | round |
| STATUS | current |
| WOOD | incense cedar (sustained-yield) |
ARCHIVIST'S NOTES
The General's Layout #555 is an extra-black, extra-soft ebony drawing pencil whose thick graphite core is graded roughly equivalent to 6B, set in a round, sustained-yield incense-cedar barrel. It lays down dense, jet-black marks and is made for preliminary sketching, "laying out" drawings before painting over them, and adding intense blacks and shading in graphite work. It is manufactured in the USA by the family-owned General Pencil Company of Jersey City, New Jersey, has no eraser (end-cut), and ships pre-sharpened.
This specimen: Layout Pencil #555 in grade Extra Black.
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