They were also used to mark glassware, during production (the original Chinagraph is so-named for marking porcelain during manufacture) and in medical or scientific applications. The grease pencil, a wax writing tool also known as a wax pencil, china marker, or chinagraph pencil (especially in the United Kingdom), is a writing implement made of hardened colored wax and is useful for marking on hard, glossy non-porous surfaces. Cass Art, Cass Art London and the Cass Art logo are trade marks and trade names of Art-Line Limited.

No matter what you use a pencil for - for drawing or writing - a sharp lead is required at all times. Made of a combination of pigment and waxes, it's fully waterproof and can be rubbed off easily with a dry cloth. There is no need to sharpen the pencil, so as long as you regularly refill it, you have a pencil that is ready to use at all times - at school, in the office and on the go!

The original and leading marker pencil for marking on glass, china, acetate, film and polished surfaces. More recently, it has been produced in propelling form, essentially similar to a mechanical pencil, this type in particular being associated with knee boards employed by NATO aircrew. The STAEDTLER range includes wood barrel pencils in 20 different degrees of hardness - from hard models (9H - 3H), which are ideal for technical drawing, for example, to very soft models (9B - 3B), which are often used as drawing pencils - and last but not least our classic writing pencils (2B, B, HB, H, 2H).

Our high-quality pencil accessories sharpen your pencils in an instant and help you achieve optimum writing and drawing results. That’s why you will find a large selection of erasers, sharpeners and much more in the STAEDTLER range.For perfect writing and drawing results, you not only need high-quality pencils, but also the right accessories. However, there are further differentiations in the hardness grades H and B, which are determined by a number placed in front of the letter.