Clever Design (and fun to use!), c. 1940s Umbrella Cased Bridge Pencil brass locks This one I purchased from

This one I purchased from a dealer-couple from Bucks County

It features the original nails--10 up the seam of the box where the wood overlaps

but there are a lot out there and so they have to be pretty special for me to pick them up

and of the sort to invent a whole story around

Greenland Inuit I think

Clever Design (and fun to use!), c. 1940s Umbrella Cased Bridge Pencil brass locks This one I purchased fromSo fun. This I believe was made as a tally pencil for bridge and just as bridge partners are known to send secret signals back and forth, so it seems just right that a secret pencil should be used to keep score! The pencil pulls out from the end, pencil point to the inside, and then a longer brass sleeve that it fits into, like a handle, making it much easier to write with! With gold tassels still hanging from its neck, and a smart pink celluloid