Setting the Stage

I’ve got a couple of really neat things to show you that I found at the DC Show, but before I do, I need to back up for a second and set the stage if this is going to make any sense.

Charles Keeran applied for the patent for the original Eversharp pencil on October 10, 1913, and the patent was issued as number 1,130,741 on March 9, 1915. Here’s the patent drawing . . .

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