Caran d'Ache Edelweiss Swiss Pine HB Writing Pencil - Made in Switzerland  This is Caran d'Ache's most basic pencil upgraded with high quality Swiss pine offering it's smooth core and high-quality cedar casing.  The Edelweiss HB writes sharpens to a nice point and retains it well. It's a great every day pencil, and a pencil every collector should have.    Hexagonal graphite pencil  Made in Switzerland Swiss pine wood  High quality HB graphite lead  Established in Geneva in 1915, Caran d’Ache is a privately owned family company, making pencils to the high Swiss standard. Considered somewhat of a luxury brand, they are known for creating the first water-soluble pencils and inventing the clutch pencil.