One Whale of a Pencil

I’ve had this one for a couple of years, with no leads (that’s "leeeds," not the stuff you put in the thing) to date:

The mechanism is Victorian, with a simple slider and a screw drive. If it weren’t made of something that appears to be bone, I’d suspect that the works were made by the Eagle Pencil Company.

In addition to the different barrel material, this one has an interesting imprint:

"Melville’s Patent Solid Ink."

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