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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 7437479, member: 360"]Victorian-era "propelling" pencils were made of sterling silver (among other things).</p><p><br /></p><p>They were filled with short lengths of graphite-rod which were held in purely by friction. There's no grip or anything, just the rubbing between the lead and the pencil-shaft. The graphite was extended by twisting the pencil, which screwed the rod out, or pulled it back in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Modern click-action pencils work by catch-and-release of the graphite shaft.</p><p><br /></p><p>What Dave has in his post are "pencil holders". Silver sleeves which slid the pencil in and out using a retractable slide. These came in a wide variety, as well. Both manually and mechanically operated. I've got two sterling silver models made by Sampson Mordan & Co., the original inventor of these such pencils. They're the "drop-action" or "gravity-action" variety. Very cool, and I love them to bits.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 7437479, member: 360"]Victorian-era "propelling" pencils were made of sterling silver (among other things). They were filled with short lengths of graphite-rod which were held in purely by friction. There's no grip or anything, just the rubbing between the lead and the pencil-shaft. The graphite was extended by twisting the pencil, which screwed the rod out, or pulled it back in. Modern click-action pencils work by catch-and-release of the graphite shaft. What Dave has in his post are "pencil holders". Silver sleeves which slid the pencil in and out using a retractable slide. These came in a wide variety, as well. Both manually and mechanically operated. I've got two sterling silver models made by Sampson Mordan & Co., the original inventor of these such pencils. They're the "drop-action" or "gravity-action" variety. Very cool, and I love them to bits.[/QUOTE]
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