With Apologies to Mr. Nishimura

Today’s story circles back around to what has been nicknamed the "transitional Patrician" or "proto-Patrician" I wrote about here back on August 24, 2012 (see https://leadheadpencils.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-new-discovery-thanks-to-old-book.html):

Shortly after the article was first published, David Nishimura sent me an email to let me know he’d written an article on the matching pen over at his website, www.vintagepens.com,
and that he disagreed with me on one point: I’d written that this pencil was a transition from earlier flattop Waterman pencils to the Patrician, while David believes that these were end-of-the-line Patricians made from whatever leftover parts were on hand.

To learn more, this full article is included in The Leadhead's Pencil Blog Volume 2, available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and everywhere else you buy books, or you can order a copy signed by yours truly through the Legendary Lead Company HERE.