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  Apsco Tri-Pointer

Tri-Pointer

Apsco, Chicago
lead size
mechanism
composition
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production date
origin 		2 mm
desktop abrasive cylinder
die-cast metal
none
1954
USA
  
see also US Patent 2,857,883 "Pencil Lead Sharpeners," 1954
Take me to your leader. Is this the coolest lead pointer ever, or what? It's totally got that Sputnik zeitgeist thing going on.
 
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