Pencils
32 pencils in stock, $19.99 to $199.99. Mechanical pencils from the same makers as the pens: Parker, Sheaffer, Wahl-Eversharp and Conklin among them. Twist and push mechanisms, mostly 1.1 mm leads on the vintage pieces, described with lead size and whether the mechanism advances cleanly.
From Drippy Musings
Dive Deep into Sheaffer Pencils (and Pens)
Learn why we give 5 stars out of 5 to Jonathan Veley’s book “A Field Guide to Sheaffer’s Pencils” in this comprehensive book review.
Does this Old Sheaffer Ad Disturb You?
Vintage fountain pen ads are always entertaining. Often hoaky, and usually too wordy, they wouldn’t hold up in today’s ad campaigns. These days 10 words and an oversized, engaging image is thought of as a solid ad. In the early 1920s, you’d get several paragraphs, if not a complete page of copy, that few people…
Whatever Happened to Baby Yard-O-Led
In the next several days we will be taking down Yard-O-Led from our “New” pens pages. It is a shame, as we never fully explored them as we had hoped. There was just too much going on to post all of the available models. Recently, we learned our distributor would no longer carry the brand.…