Saturday, November 15, 2014

Poke Poke Poke

Sometimes I buy dumb things because I think they’re funny. Take this one:


Mike Kirk brought this tired thing to the Michigan Pen Show, not this year and it may not have been last year. The clip is marked "Eclipse"  . . .

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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 17, 2014 at 4:10 PM

    The cap is from an Autopoint mechanical pencil model 2CB "Checking Pencil". Because it was Autopoint's version of a grease pencil, it didn't have an eraser. So it was just given a metal cap over the lead reservoir. I don't have a handy picture of this pencil, but I do have one in my early-to mid 1930's salesman's sample set, and the barrel is marked #2CB. Pencilmech.

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  2. Jon VeleyNovember 18, 2014 at 3:55 AM

    Hello Pencilmech and thanks for the comment. I've got a couple Autopoint grease/checking pencils, all of which have plastic caps. When you get a chance, please email me a picture of what you are talking about and I'll update the article -

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