A Great Color Name Identified At Last

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From what I recall, this Dur-O-Lite popped up in an online auction:

I bought it because it fits in nicely with a few other Dur-O-Lites in my collection in that same color:

The top example in this picture appears on page 45 of The Catalogue, and I’ve had it for years.  The bottom two are Dur-O-Matic repeating pencils; the one in gold-filled trim came from Mike Kirk’s “World Famous Hotel Bathroom Studio” a few years back – it’s appeared here a couple of times (see https://leadheadpencils.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-pair-of-dur-o-lite-ejectors.html and https://leadheadpencils.blogspot.com/2015/02/an-interesting-transition.html). 

The nickel-plated trim example is a little goofed up and I haven’t been able to fix it yet, which is why I needed an opportunity like this to show it off, warts and all.

What I like best about this new example is that it is a salesman’s sample, which finally puts a name on that knockout color:

Tortoise.