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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 97822, member: 44&quot;]According to the following Wiki... article, Keen Kutter was a trademark used by Simmons Hardware Co of St. Louis from 1870 to 1940 when Shapleigh Hardware purchased the Simmons Hardware Co. Shapleigh added their name to the logo. Shapleigh used the trademark until it closed in the early 1960s. Sooo as others have said above, this Shapleigh mechanical pencil would date from the 1940s to the 1960s.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keen_Kutter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keen_Kutter" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keen_Kutter</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you Google &quot;Keen Kutter&quot; you will find several mechanical pencils out there with that logo on them. They are advertising other hardware companies. Most of them do not have Shapleigh on the logo meaning they were supplied by Simmons Hardware Co. before Shapleigh bought them out. Examples:</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/KEEN-KUTTER-MECHANICAL-LEAD-PENCIL-/252118983087?nma=true&amp;si=%252F7vKWUJ4932E4vXXCHDoX1Wv%252F3I%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/KEEN-KUTTER-MECHANICAL-LEAD-PENCIL-/252118983087?nma=true&amp;si=%252F7vKWUJ4932E4vXXCHDoX1Wv%252F3I%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/KEEN-KUTTER-MECHANICAL-LEAD-PENCIL-/252118983087?nma=true&amp;si=%2F7vKWUJ4932E4vXXCHDoX1Wv%2F3I%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Keen-Kutter-Mechanical-Pencil-Chas-Kirchner-and-Son-Ashmore-IL-/111822473785?hash=item1a09238a39%3Ag%3A60oAAOSwiwVWRLix&amp;nma=true&amp;si=%252F7vKWUJ4932E4vXXCHDoX1Wv%252F3I%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Keen-Kutter-Mechanical-Pencil-Chas-Kirchner-and-Son-Ashmore-IL-/111822473785?hash=item1a09238a39%3Ag%3A60oAAOSwiwVWRLix&amp;nma=true&amp;si=%252F7vKWUJ4932E4vXXCHDoX1Wv%252F3I%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Keen-Kutter-Mechanical-Pencil-Chas-Kirchner-and-Son-Ashmore-IL-/111822473785?hash=item1a09238a39:g:60oAAOSwiwVWRLix&amp;nma=true&amp;si=%2F7vKWUJ4932E4vXXCHDoX1Wv%2F3I%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/keen-kutter-mechanical-pencil-470206587" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/keen-kutter-mechanical-pencil-470206587" rel="nofollow">http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/keen-kutter-mechanical-pencil-470206587</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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