This Counts as Two, Right?

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A while back I posted about a nifty four-piece set of Burnham Canasta Pencils:

Even though I still strive mightily to limit myself to American pencils (Burnham, for those who don’t know, is an English make), when a second telltale gold foil box showed up in an online auction, duty required me to have a closer look:

And of course, once I looked, I had to buy.  These two sets just go so nicely together:

The box lid says “Harrod’s” on the new addition – points off, since the Burnham Canasta Set lid is way cooler.  But the card suit imprints on the four pencils?  That more than levels the playing field!

There’s a saying in my house .... more of a warning, actually.  Two’s a coincidence, three’s a collection.  I’m going to count this as two items and cling to the notion that I’ve got a coincidence here.