What's Going On In That Phone Booth?

Note:  this is the third installment in a series of articles.  The first part was posted here:  http://leadheadpencils.blogspot.com/2014/10/artfully-to-point.html.

In 1924, just as brightly colored celluloid pencils were about to render all-metal pencils out of style, the Dollar Point Pencil Corporation and J. E. Roach & Co., both of which claimed to manufacture Artpoint and Dollarpoint brand pencils, apparently vanished. What made these pencils distinctive, in addition to their heavy, durable construction and spot-on styling, was the patented mechanism, invented by Wade W. Moore and assigned to Jesse E. Roach:

I have never heard of or seen an Artpoint or Dollarpoint in celluloid, so one possible explanation for the company’s disappearance is natural extinction - a failure to adapt to the new trend in writing instruments. But then I remembered another brand that I’ve thought about for a long time:

To learn more, this full article is included in The Leadhead's Pencil Blog Volume 3, 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.