5.6 Faber, Faber-Castell, Germany

The German manufacturer A.W. Faber, who began as a pencil factory in 1761 (and is still making pencils!), began making slide rules in 1892. Their name changed to Faber-Castell in 1905. The company had a long and successful history of producing very high-quality slide rules. By the end of the slide rule era, Faber-Castell was making very complex color coordinated scales of exceptional craftsmanship. Their model 2/83N is thought by many to be one of the finest slide rules ever made by any manufacturer. Slide rule production ended by 1977.

Faber 365, c. 1898.

Faber 367, c. 1900.

Faber-Castell 2/83N, 1970.

Total number of A.W. Faber and Faber-Castell slide rules in the collection: 16. \(~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\)

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