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What does it mean to be professional grade? It means higher standards in quality and performance than your average art product. And Koh-I-Noor products have never been average. What does it mean to be professional grade? It means higher standards in quality and performance than your average art product. And Koh-I-Noor products have never been average. Developed in 1790, the Hardtmuth drawing pencil was the very first of its kind. A true innovator and entrepreneur, Joseph Hardtmuth invented and patented his process for blending clay, graphite powder, soot and an organic binder to produce writing and drawing instruments of the highest quality. In fact, one hundred years later, Hardtmuth writing instruments caught the attention of HRH Queen Victoria, who gave the Koh-I-Noor pencil its official name. The monarch's inspiration was the Koh-I-Noor ('Mountain of Light') diamond, a gift from India to add to the royal collection. In 1890, a North American operation was established in Bloomsbury, New Jersey and for some time the two company branches ran along parallel tracks. With the advent of World War II and subsequent domination of Central and Eastern Europe by the former Soviet Union, however, Koh-I-Noor Europe and Koh-I-Noor North America were torn apart. In 1999, Chartpak Inc. acquired Koh-I-Noor North America - famous for its world-renowned Rapidograph® Technical pens - and wasted no time in partnering once again with Koh-I-Noor Europe to develop a new line of Fine Art products. We are extremely proud to have participated in the reunification of this prestigious company. And today, what was once available only to an elite royal few, is now widely accessible to artists of all levels