Archive for the 'Musgrave' Category

Multiplication table pencils

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

There are a few novelty pencil genres that seem persistent. Though ballpoint pens are always encroaching, the pencil still seems to be a choice at many museum gift shops, at hotels, and a select few other places.
One of these persistent genres seems to be the “multiplication pencil” - a pencil for children with a printed […]

Musgrave 90th Anniversary pencil

Monday, September 8th, 2008

We are late by two years - the Musgrave Pencil Company’s 90th anniversary was in 2006. Yet, it was still a true delight to recently receive a box of Musgrave’s 90th anniversary pencils.
Round pencils, they have gold coloured ferrules, with white erasers. All have dyed wood - red, green, or yellow, with corresponding varnish.
The pencils […]

Musgrave Test Scoring 100 pencil

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

We looked at the famous IBM Electrographic pencil a few months ago.
Other pencils whose marks will be read by machine scanners are still made today.
I am happy to be able to present the Musgrave Test Scoring 100 pencil made by the Musgrave Pencil Co. of Shelbyville, Tennessee.

While the finish of the Musgrave HB is […]

Musgrave HB pencil

Monday, January 21st, 2008

The Musgrave Pencil Company, like the General Pencil Company, is one of the last independent American pencil makers.

Musgrave Unigraph

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

The Musgrave Pencil Co. has a solid history in the pencil industry.