Shortly after taking over the business, Count Alexander von Faber-Castell brought out a new range of top-quality pencils in 1905. To distinguish them from the competition, he had them painted in the forest green of his former regiment. Under the name CASTELL 9000, they attracted attention and soon became a classic. The picture of the two jousting knights of the pencil was created specially for this model and for decades it graced the boxes and cases in several variants. Later it was seen as old-fashioned and was no longer used. In the early 1990s, as part of a rethinking of the corporate design and image, the knight motif experienced a renaissance as the Faber-Castell symbol. In stylized form this now forms a part of the company logo.