Vintage Bullet Pencils: Set of 4 -Worn - Complete w/ Pencil

Description

Vintage Bullet Pencils: Set of 4 -Worn - Complete w/ Pencil
Presented for sale are
Vintage Bullet Pencils
Description:
-Bullet pencils were originally made from spent rifle cartridges in the early 19th century.
-Cartridges were collected off the battlefield, cleaned up, and manufactured into cheap writing instruments
-Around 1914 they switched from their original mechanical pencil type to the short “regular” pencil
-The United States began making their own version in the 1930s and continued through the 1950s.
-However, manufacturers used pieces of aluminum, brass, or other metals into a bullet shape rather than using an real bullet casing
Pencil #1 is brown, no visible markings are left
#2 Reads “Sinclair”, but all other print has worn off with age
#3 Reads” Ashland Farm…Elevator Co. Grain … Seed Floyd Nordsiek Mgr. Phones 118 119 Ashland Illinois” metal body has large dents and scratches
#4 reads “Philadelphia farmers co-operative Co. Philadelphia Illinois “There is no substitute for a farmer’s elevator. "
Measurements:
Each measures between 3
”
- 3 1/2
”
the largest blank one is 4
”
Condition:
Normal wear and tear from age
Some of the ads have been worn down completely
3 pencils work, one has worn completely down from use.
“
Philadelphia farmers" doesn’t have an eraser
Erasers
will smudge, too old to work properly
Shipping
will be a flat rate via USPS First Class Mail
No International Shipping. US Stateside Shipping Only.
Room
406 A2 SA6
Smallest Manilla Envelope
_gsrx_vers_1469 (GS 9.1 (1469))