The Leadhead's Pencil Blog

The “snail” pattern is ubiquitous among Victorian makers; in “In the Company of Fine Snails” (February 15, 2018: Volume 5, page 152), I pres...

There I was yesterday, minding my own business and telling you about a few Victorian pencils I brought home with me from the Chicago Show in...

I believe this one arrived in a boxload of stuff from the “catch up” Chicago Show in September 2021: It’s a good thing that I am so obsessiv...

In yesterday’s installment, I introduced a fountain pen marked “Worth” with a nib marked “Keystone.” It was the first of several dominoes to...