"Eagle Week" Part 5: And Now For Something Completely Different

The Eagle Pencil Company was unique among American manufacturers in that the company was equally devoted to the manufacture of both wood pencils as well as mechanical pencils -- not to mention steel dip pen nibs and some pretty good fountain pens, too.   It was in my opinion the most diversified manufacturer of writing tools.

Occasionally, that diversity meant Eagle's wood pencil and mechanical pencil worlds collided, and this article is about two of the best instances of that.

For the first one, we go back to the Scott Antique Market, where I passed by a particularly "girly" booth, featuring a lot of . . . ok, I don't remember what was on her table, I just remember that most of it was stuff that guys tend to roll their eyes at and move on.  But this piece caught my eye . . .

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