The one I didn't think I really wanted

We pen and pencil collectors drive the people that work in antique malls nuts.  We are always asking to look at things in locked display cases.  Most of the time, as soon as we see whatever it is close up we say "no thank you" and hand it right back.

Be honest, now -- how many times have you bought something you didn't really want just because you felt obligated to buy something after looking at things in seventeen different cases?

I thought that was going to be the case with this piece . . .

NOTE:  This article is now included in the print version of The Leadhead's Pencil Blog, available anywhere you buy books, or also from The Legendary Lead Company.

To order, here's the link:  Volume 1 at Legendary Lead Company