When Carter comes to mind, this is usually what I'm thinking of. These are the "coraltex" pencils. Later "pearltex" pencils were every bit as elegant. But the company also made "student" or utility pencils - here's one shown with a couple of earlier Carter's pencils (the utility pencil is the one on the bottom) . . .
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