By the way, it has the article number 4047 and contains three blades if I remember correctly.
Fantastic! Amazing! Unbelievable… This are the only words that come to me to see this 7 perfectly conserved Faber-Castell Janus sharpener No. 4048. As fair as I know, this is the next model from the A.W. Faber Janus No. 4046, which also has a scale engraved, as a kind of logo of the company at that time… A real treasure. Let me introduce myself, My name is Daniel, I am a passionate collector of ancient writing instruments, and starting today a follower of your site. I also start a site dedicated to pencils, pencil sharpeners, technical pens and lead holders , I hope you can visit it: http://arch-antique.blogspot.mx (in Spanish at the moment, will be translated soon)
It is always a pleasure to find people who is interested on this kind of beautiful items…
Hi! I recently acquired an A.W. Faber Janus no. 4046 with a lot of other markings on it. (made in Bavaria!) The font used is very dated and I haven’t found one with this old lettering. It is in excellent condition and I love the way it sharpens my pencils! I am wondering, however, how to sharpen the blade or find replacement blades. I would love to know more about my Janus too. Like what are the little arrows on the blade for? Thank you!
My pencils draw worlds 
A glorious reunion(!), but what is the mysterious object tipped on its side?
That’s the little container for 2 additionnal 4046 blades!
By the way, it has the article number 4047 and contains three blades if I remember correctly.
Fantastic! Amazing! Unbelievable… This are the only words that come to me to see this 7 perfectly conserved Faber-Castell Janus sharpener No. 4048. As fair as I know, this is the next model from the A.W. Faber Janus No. 4046, which also has a scale engraved, as a kind of logo of the company at that time… A real treasure. Let me introduce myself, My name is Daniel, I am a passionate collector of ancient writing instruments, and starting today a follower of your site. I also start a site dedicated to pencils, pencil sharpeners, technical pens and lead holders , I hope you can visit it: http://arch-antique.blogspot.mx (in Spanish at the moment, will be translated soon)
It is always a pleasure to find people who is interested on this kind of beautiful items…
Regards.
Hi! I recently acquired an A.W. Faber Janus no. 4046 with a lot of other markings on it. (made in Bavaria!) The font used is very dated and I haven’t found one with this old lettering. It is in excellent condition and I love the way it sharpens my pencils! I am wondering, however, how to sharpen the blade or find replacement blades. I would love to know more about my Janus too. Like what are the little arrows on the blade for? Thank you!
I need a replacement blade for my 4046, any chance someone has one for sale?
Would it be okay for me to use some of your pictures on my blog? I will give you credit for the pictures 🙂
Yes!
Wow! Beautiful!
Thank you!