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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Never A Dull Moment
While I was researching Byers and Hayes for yesterday’s article, I found a reference in a couple places suggesting that the firm made "Never-Dull" pencil cases, a fact which surprised me as I had always known the "Never-Dull" as Eclipse’s early metal pencils:
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Perhaps the Rexhold pencil was made for Rexall briefly, since Superite was also one of the Rexall inhouse brand names.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure that the Carter Ink Co. bought De Witt-La France?
George.
I have one that's just like the 2nd from the top in pic #1. The clip, however, is flatter and just like the pencil 3rd from the top in pic #1. Also, mine just says "Never Dull" then "sterling" then "pat. applied for". There are no other markings or names that I can see. May I ask what you purchased your previous pencil(s) for? ~ Lisa
ReplyDeleteAnd one more thing I find is that all of your photos have a taller portion of the pencil right above the top of the clip, where mine is shorter and I had to take off the top of the pencil just to be able to read "Never Dull". ~ Lisa
ReplyDeleteI'm a little late to my own party here, but George, yes I'm confident of the acquisition of D-L by Carter's.
ReplyDeleteLisa, I don't get into pricing here at the blog - this is for historical information only. That's interesting that you have an example marked "Never Dull" under the cap - email me a picture if you think to do so!
A very interesting piece. I have a JiE pencil of about the same vintage, but in silver. A lovely little pencil that I found while metal-detecting in my garden. Sadly, over the years it's been injured pretty badly, and doesn't want to function properly. Still, it's a nice piece to use occasionally.
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