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L&C Hardtmuth Everpointed Artist’s Black Chalk Pencil No. 4

L&C Hardtmuth, Austria

purpose lead diameter mechanism composition variations production date origin	sketching 1/8 in. (3.175 mm) twist lock clutch wood barrel, metal clutch degree imprint: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, ? c1890-1910 Austria

see also	L&C Hardtmuth's Everpointed Artists' Pencil F. Weber Catalog & Co. catalog, c1890s, p 116 L&C Hardtmuth Black Chalk Points No. 111


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L&C Hardtmuth 39B

L&C Hardtmuth, Bloomsbury, New Jersey, USA

purpose lead diameter mechanism composition variations production date origin	sketching 1/8 in. (3.175 mm) twist lock clutch wood barrel, metal clutch none 1950s USA

see also	Koh-I-Noor Materials Catalog, 1937, p 5 L&C Hardtmuth Black Chalk Refill Leads

box of six 39B leadholders


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L&C Hardtmuth “Crow Quill” Holder 106B

L&C Hardtmuth, Bloomsbury, New Jersey, USA

purpose lead diameter mechanism composition variations production date origin	ink pen 1/8 in. (3.175 mm) twist lock clutch wood barrel, metal clutch none circa 1950s to 1960s USA

see also	Fredrix Artists Materials catalog, 1964, p 148

This holder is actually a pen. It uses the same clutch as a Koh-I-Noor 1/8 in. leadholder, but is intended to hold a tubular steel nib. The barrel is hollow only deep enough to allow the nib to be fully retracted.


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