Friday, December 12, 2014

Speaking of Trupoint . . .

In yesterday’s post, I concluded that a pencil marked "Trupoint" was made by Eclipse, because the clip and overall construction were identical to that of another Eclipse subbrand, the Marxton:


That’s worth circling back around to for a minute. "Trupoint" was a brand name used by Sears, Roebuck & Co. for pens and pencils, and what appear to be the earliest examples I’ve found – earlier than the ones I pictured here yesterday – also appear to have been made by Eclipse . . .

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