Today is the first day of the antipodean spring, the perfect time to post something about a spring pencil.
So here it is – a Spring Pencil. A bit of an oldie. I picked it up cheap as part of a mixed lot of old pencils. There are no makers marks or any identifications at all that I can see. Like many oldies you twist the metal tip to advance or retract the lead. The spring is just an ordinary metal industrial steel spring – its got a few touches of surface rust. As you can see the main central section of the body is narrowed to form a post that the spring fits over, and then the end cap screws on to secure it in place.
So here it is – a Spring Pencil. A bit of an oldie. I picked it up cheap as part of a mixed lot of old pencils. There are no makers marks or any identifications at all that I can see. Like many oldies you twist the metal tip to advance or retract the lead. The spring is just an ordinary metal industrial steel spring – its got a few touches of surface rust. As you can see the main central section of the body is narrowed to form a post that the spring fits over, and then the end cap screws on to secure it in place.
Spring greetings.
ReplyDeleteWhat type of lead does this take?
It takes 0.9mm leads, fed in through the tip. I guess this pencil to be from 1960's - 70's.
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