In the bottom of the box, I saw something that looked like a plastic Scripto pencil from the 1950s or 1960s. However, because I am so easily amused, I decided to pick it up for a closer look, and when I did, I saw that this clearly was no Scripto:
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4 comments:
I'm reading this at work, so don't have access to my pens/pencils at home. I, too, have a pencil that has a knife enclosed in the side of the pen...but, it certainly isn't as dramatic as the one in your pencil.
Hi, I believe that this is actually a compass for drawing circles. No safer than those little metal ones we all used to use, but certainly cooler! Nice find!
Depending on the date of manufacture, how about a leather 'awl' and a knife to repair reins for a horse or saddle or some such thing.
Gary Rubendall
It's a mechanical pencil with a folding compass point, specifically the one in patents 1,611,835 and 1,674,726. By the way, the eraser top should pivot on that screw to align with the compass and make it easier to twirl the pencil in a circle.
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