Bigger and Better Things

Without missing a beat after the Salz-Rite (‘Salrite) - Shur-Rite trademark fiasco that ended in early 1923 (see yesterday’s post), Salz apparently dropped the ‘Salrite name.  But it wasn’t long before Salz did something else with its clips, and since this innovation appeared on both pens and pencils, it became the most recognizable and distinctive feature of Salz writing instruments of the 1920s.   I call it the “window pane” clip, and it appears on great oversized Salz pencils like these:

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