One of a "Few Metal Specialties"

As the Chicago Pen Show drew to a close this year, Frank Hoban just wanted to lighten his load a little more (like Mike Little hadn't cleaned him out of a couple hundred pencils already).  So Frank comes over to me with several trays full of stuff and says simply "fifty bucks."

And I said to myself, what the heck.  If I went to a casino and dropped fifty dollars at a blackjack table, I'd call it entertainment and I wouldn't have anything to show for it.  At least with a gamble like this, I'll have something, even if it isn't anything I'm fond of!

This little guy was in that bunch . . .

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