The pleasure of writing and drawing with a classic pencil depends a good deal on it being well sharpened. But where is the best place to keep a sharpener so that it is always to hand? The Perfect Pencil provides a simple but elegant answer: just where it is needed, on the pencil itself, built into the protective cap that also serves to extend the pencil in use. With the replaceable eraser under the end cap, you have everything together in an ideally compact form and always ready for use: for writing, correcting, and sharpening. The pencils can be bought separately in sets of five. Graf von Faber-Castell pencils represent the culmination of the art of graphite writing. Californian cedar wood, which is ideal for neat sharpening. The Guilloche pattern is created by means an elaborate productions process.