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{{Short description, Brand name of pencils made by the American Lead Pencil Company Venus Pencils were a brand name of
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s made by the American Lead Pencil Company beginning in 1905. The production of Venus pencils gave the company an early start in the manufacture of high-quality pencils marketed to artists and architects. Venus pencils became even more popular after the
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, which had interrupted the supply of pencil from German companies. In high school many people who used Venus brand pencils saw their slogan "Venus Beats All " which oddly was a reference to the ancient Roman dice game in which the "Venus Roll" was the best possible roll.


Varieties

Venus Pencils were produced in a total of seventeen degrees under the categories of very soft, soft, medium, hard, and very hard. They were made with no eraser, a tip and eraser, or an oversized tip and eraser.


Name changes

In 1956, the American Lead Pencil Company officially changed its name to the Venus Pen and Pencil Corporation. A number of acquisitions followed, and in 1967, the company name was changed to Venus-Esterbrook. In 1973, the company was acquired by
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See also

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Esterbrook The Esterbrook Pen Company is a former United States, American manufacturing company founded by English immigrant Richard Esterbrook and based in Camden, New Jersey. It was the largest pen manufacturer in the United States, having reached a recor ...


External links


An American Lead Pencil Company photo list


* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20071129231222/http://www.leadholder.com/wood-venus.html Early history of Venus pencils and different varieties of Venus pencils Products introduced in 1905 Pencil brands