Made by Koh-I-Noor in the Czech Republic: It is made entirely of metal and is therefore heavy, but precisely because of this, it sits perfectly balanced in the hand. Features a lead sharpener integrated into the unscrewable push button. Suitable for 5.6-mm-diameter graphite and art leads, which is why we offer it in different body colors—green, silver, blue, or red—to make it easier to identify the lead being used.

Drop action pencils, propelling pencils and rectable pencils have two things in store the wooden pencil cannot provide:

1.) They are available in a variety of mine formats, which in turn are catering to a variety of purposes - from technical drawing to large-format sketching and signing, and 2.) they are sustainable because they are refillable.

The history of the renowned pencil manufacturer Koh-i-Noor dates back to the 18th century. Throughout the world, Koh-i-Noor became known through the innovative invention of Joseph Hardtmuth, who in 1792 developed a novel method for pressing and baking pencil leads - mines did not have to be cut from the solid stone any longer. This innovative ability has been preserved at Koh-i-Noor to this day.