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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 273767, member: 360"]A friend of mine who is a watchmaker invited me to his shop today to look over some pens he wanted to sell me. I ended up buying just three of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then, he picked something out of a box. </p><p><br /></p><p>"Here, you can have this too, I don't want it". </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]86843[/ATTACH] </p><p>"What the heck is this...?"</p><p>"It's a quill-holder. Go on, take it!"</p><p>"Oh...okay...thanks!" </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]86844[/ATTACH] </p><p>I've only ever seen ONE of these before, in my entire life. And that was in the collection of a friend of mine, who collects antique propelling pencils. Had she not explained what it was, I would not have had a CLUE what this was! But it is cool! They must be pretty rare because I've now seen...TWO...in 25 years of collecting antique pens and writing equipment!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]86845[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 273767, member: 360"]A friend of mine who is a watchmaker invited me to his shop today to look over some pens he wanted to sell me. I ended up buying just three of them. Then, he picked something out of a box. "Here, you can have this too, I don't want it". [ATTACH=full]86843[/ATTACH] "What the heck is this...?" "It's a quill-holder. Go on, take it!" "Oh...okay...thanks!" [ATTACH=full]86844[/ATTACH] I've only ever seen ONE of these before, in my entire life. And that was in the collection of a friend of mine, who collects antique propelling pencils. Had she not explained what it was, I would not have had a CLUE what this was! But it is cool! They must be pretty rare because I've now seen...TWO...in 25 years of collecting antique pens and writing equipment! [ATTACH=full]86845[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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