What was unusual about the pencil was the lead size: a full 2.0 millimeters, comparable to a modern drafting pencil:
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2 comments:
Jonathan, how is mechanism held in this pencil? Normally, the threaded cone/tip holds everything together. However, the cone/tip on the Non-Stop pencil is a press fit in the end of the barrel and is not attached to the guts.
Good point, Matt. Remember that noses screw onto Cross-made mechanisms, but the three thin bands on this one show earlier production. My recollection is that this one had the two-stage mechanism that screws into the upper part of the lower barrel. The tip was permanently affixed to the end.
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