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How are pencils made?
This webpage from the Smithsonian Magazine tells you how…
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Parker Pen Memories
A series of videos made by JATV (Janesville Access Television).
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Wahl Eversharp Skyline
Much has been written about the history of the Skyline, so I won’t repeat it here. Please see Richard Binder’s page if you’d like a history lesson. This pen is...
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Sheaffer’s Crest Deluxe 1500 / 600 set
This is a Crest Deluxe 1500 vacuum filler fountain pen with a 500 mechanical pencil made by Sheaffer in the early-to-mid 1940s. The barrels of both are brown striated with...
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Waterman 0552 1/2 L.E.C.
I’m quite certain that this pen has an interesting history that I’ll never learn. The model number gives us lots of information about it already: 0: gold filled5: full overlay5:...
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Parker Duofold Special
The Parker Duofold has a long history and many different incarnations. This particular example is a Duofold Special, made in Janesville, Wisconsin, probably sometime in the mid-1920s. There are two...
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Mabie Todd dip pen
This Mabie Todd dip pen is made in gold-plated (or possibly gold filled) brass with mother of pearl. It holds a Mabie Todd 313 #4 flex nib. The pen probably...
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Parker Duofold Senior Mechanical Pencil
This is a mechanical pencil made in the late 1920’s. It uses 1.1 mm leads, which can still be purchased from places like the Legendary Lead Company, for example… V2019044
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Parker “Streamlined” Senior Duofold
The Parker Duofold has a long history (starting in 1921) – long enough that an entire book has been written about it (good luck finding a copy…) AS a result,...
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Wahl Eversharp Gold Seal Personal Point
This Personal Point, probably from 1929, has a Gold Seal flexible nib, but is otherwise quite different from this one. The barrel does not have an aluminium lining, and is...