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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 495719, member: 360"]You can't see it so good, but it would look something like this:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.etsystatic.com/7343436/r/il/c6c7e5/1343614986/il_570xN.1343614986_m4a4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Basically the top slides apart, you line the base with blotting-paper, fold it over inside, and then slide the top back on. The tension of the rocker holds everything together. There was a time when every desk had one of these. Mine still does, because I write with fountain pens and sometimes I'm too impatient to wait for the ink to dry <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 495719, member: 360"]You can't see it so good, but it would look something like this: [IMG]https://i.etsystatic.com/7343436/r/il/c6c7e5/1343614986/il_570xN.1343614986_m4a4.jpg[/IMG] Basically the top slides apart, you line the base with blotting-paper, fold it over inside, and then slide the top back on. The tension of the rocker holds everything together. There was a time when every desk had one of these. Mine still does, because I write with fountain pens and sometimes I'm too impatient to wait for the ink to dry :P[/QUOTE]
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