A Couple More Masterful Mastercrafts

In the late 1930s, Moore introduced the "Mastercraft" series of pencils (and pens).  Here's a picture taken from page 102 of The Catalogue.

They generally fall into two categories:  the ones on the left have two bands, mid-lower barrel and mid-upper barrel, while those on the right have a single center band. 

I wish I could say today that I've found a short brown one to match the one third from left.  Nope.  But I did find a couple neat center band examples.  For starters, I did find a large brown snakeskin patterned example to match that short one in the center . . .

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.

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