A Conklin That May Be a Metal Duragraph

Metal Conklin pencils appear at pages 31 and 32 of The Catalogue and divide nicely into two groups:  the earlier design, patented by Harry P. Fairchild, and the later design, patented by C.N. Johnson.

And then there's this . . .

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