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http://leadheadpencils.blogspot.com/2013/02/messners-got-me-beat-by-longshot.html):
And then there was this one, from 2014 (http://leadheadpencils.blogspot.com/2014/11/for-obvious-reasons.html):
At the Chicago Show this year, Eric Magnuson turned up one that takes the prize. He visited me for a show-and-tell session recently, and we shot some good pictures of it:
It bears a Parker Duofold imprint just like mine, and shares the same imperfections in the plastic that explain why these either never made it into production or were quickly discontinued:
It was nice to have the opportunity to photograph our two examples side by side:
And then there was this one, from 2014 (http://leadheadpencils.blogspot.com/2014/11/for-obvious-reasons.html):
At the Chicago Show this year, Eric Magnuson turned up one that takes the prize. He visited me for a show-and-tell session recently, and we shot some good pictures of it:
It bears a Parker Duofold imprint just like mine, and shares the same imperfections in the plastic that explain why these either never made it into production or were quickly discontinued:
It was nice to have the opportunity to photograph our two examples side by side:
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