The Leadhead's Pencil Blog

Nearly everything I acquire these days is brought to me by friends at pen shows or comes from someone who has stumbled across this blog and ...

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

I found a few great Victorian pieces to add to the museum at the Chicago show this year. I know a few of these came from Mike Greaney, and i...

The stories behind how these bits and trinkets find their way to me are sometimes as much fun as exploring the history of the objects themse...