I presume that most of the Bloomsbury kids got to tour the pencil factory at some time or another. In case you have forgotten what you saw, this may refresh your memories. I have an educational sample box from the Joseph Dixon Company in Jersey City, NJ and I photo'd the samples to show how pencils are made. The first shot shows the cedar slat stages and the 2nd shot shows the stages of the individual pencils after they are cut apart from the slats. There is also a scanned document that I included here that is related to handwriting and pencil and hand sizes, which is interesting.
I know this isn't Koh-I-Noor, but it's the best I can do. ;-)
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