HOUSE OF GRAPHITE

The Koh-I-Noor 1500 is the company's flagship professional graphite pencil, recognisable by its yellow hexagonal casing made from California cedar. It is currently produced in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, and offered in a full range of 20 hardness grades from 8B (softest) through to 10H (hardest), intended for technicians, graphic designers and artists across technical drafting and artistic drawing. According to Koh-I-Noor's own company history, the yellow 1500 won a Grand Prix in Paris in 1900. This specimen: 1500 Graphite in grade 7B.

10H 2B 2H 3B 3H 4B 4H 5B 5H 6B 6H 7H 8B 8H 9H B F H HB