Tuesday, June 25, 2013

From the Mailbag: Byers and Hayes

Sue Hershey found a really nice pencil, and she sent me a few pictures to ask what I knew about it:


And what she found was that I knew absolutely nothing about it. At the top of the pencil, she’d found a cryptic imprint. Would that help?


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6 comments:

Martha said...

Very nice finds! Are these about 4 inches?

Brian Anderson said...

B&H made some nice pens, I have a couple in my collection. Thanks for posting the ads from teh American Stationer!

Jon Veley said...

Mine is about 3 1/2 inches, Martha, and has the same lanyard as Sue's. I never asked Sue how long hers was, so I'll ask her to chime in here.

Martha said...

Teeny! Like the "Peter Pan."

Sue Hershey said...

Thank you so much for all the info about my pencil it measures 3 1/8".

Martha said...

Thank you, Sue. So much lovely detail in so little space!