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Post by rr4u on Sept 7, 2014 14:42:34 GMT -8
I really like vintage mechanical pencils. Some of the most beatiful pencils I saw are probably older than me. I do have a soft spot for them, unfortunately I just have a few in my collection. I thought it would be nice to show them here. Would also be great to see others using this tread to post pictures of their wonderful "relics". So, I'll start by showing an American Scripto P900 "Wordmaster" long-lead mechanical pencil in burgundy. This one dates from 1947, it takes 1.1mm leads and sports a tip feed twist action mechanism. 67 years old and still in great shape, needless to say that I treasure it!  Scripto P900 "Wordmaster"   Advertisment from the May 31, 1947
Saturday Evening Post magazine.R. |
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Post by chthulhu on Sept 7, 2014 19:28:54 GMT -8
One of my favorites:  A rolled-gold Redipoint 1.1 mm pencil. Model unknown, but with the standard excellent Redipoint feed mechanism and lead storage system. |
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Post by rr4u on Sept 7, 2014 20:45:32 GMT -8
One of my favorites: A rolled-gold Redipoint 1.1 mm pencil. Model unknown, but with the standard excellent Redipoint feed mechanism and lead storage system. Man, that really is a beautiful pencil! I'm almost trough with your photo gallery (a great reference for me). While I browse it, I keep wondering about your favorites. I can only assume you have plenty. With such a large collection it can't be hard to pick. Is it? I mean, It can be the other way around! Wouldn't be surprised if you said you like them all ...probably some better than others.  Anyway, please keep them coming. Some extra info will be very appreciated! R. |
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Post by chthulhu on Sept 8, 2014 19:29:03 GMT -8
Man, that really is a beautiful pencil! I'm almost trough with your photo gallery (a great reference for me). While I browse it, I keep wondering about your favorites. I can only assume you have plenty. With such a large collection it can't be hard to pick. Is it? I mean, It can be the other way around! Wouldn't be surprised if you said you like them all ...probably some better than others. Anyway, please keep them coming. Some extra info will be very appreciated! R. A resource I've found extremely useful is Jon Veley's " Museum," and his blog is also a wealth of information. I wish he'd start updating again, though. My favorites change from time to time, but that Redipoint will always be at the top of the list. :-) The Scripto M800 pencils (a slimmer, gold-colored aluminum version of your P900 Wordmaster) are way up there, as are the Alexander 100s and Eversharp Coronets. Oddities like the flattish Brown & Bigelow pencils and the Slencils never fail to appeal to me, though. Oh, and how can I not consider a 1920s Eversharp with my own initials on it a favorite? <G> Information ... feel free to ask about anything you find interesting. I'll share whatever I can. |
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Post by chthulhu on Jan 25, 2015 9:38:22 GMT -8
Some recent catches, mostly from fishing in the 'Bay:  A German no-name four-color pencil of a sliding design I hadn't seen before A Mabie Todd Fyne Poynt A Selfeed repeater A silver-plated Wahl Eversharp that polished up nicely (it was black when I received it) A Wahl Eversharp "Working Togs" pencil in orange "ebonite" A Congress pencil I bought simply for that classy celluloid barrel An exceptionally clean Everfeed repeater An Eversharp ballpoint A Scripto Tilt-Tip ballpoint from 1962 (see the close-up below) A Bradley Mirage Concept multipen A Mr. Hobby .3 mm Gundam pencil All the pencils work, though the first one has lost the holder for one of its four leads. Here's the tip of the Scripto pen:  The Tilt-Tip was supposed to be the answer to the (nonexistent) problem of writing comfortably with a ballpoint pen. Allegedly, one must hold a ballpoint nearly perpendicular to the paper, something I've never found to be true, and this pen has a tip that's tilted a few degrees to "correct" that problem. I have a couple of these, none of which has a working refill after fifty years, but they're just too cool-looking to pass up. The top of the barrel at the tip sports an elongated "arrow" inlay similar to a Parker 61 fountain pen's, and one can, with some effort, retrofit a different refill to allow the pen to be used. |
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