Product Description
Type Mechanical pencil
Product Name Unknown
Manufacturer and Year Ritepoint, a brand which mostly made advertising pencils stamped with a brand name or icon - circa 1950s.
Length 5-1/8"
Filling System The pencil takes 1.1mm (or "thick") leads, which it extends via the traditional twist mechanism. We will include a small container of leads.
Color Grey body with chrome plated trim and a chrome cap jewel.
Condition Very nice condition. There's some light scratching on the body and the trim and just a couple of spots of brassing, one on the upper clip and one on the ridge of the cap band. No cracks, chips, dings or dents. It's working very well.
The barrel is marked "USS Carnegie - Illinois" in silver letters (see photos). Carnegie-Illinois is a subsidiary of U S Steel created in 1936.