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Condition
Vintage pre-owned educational/promotional kit in very good overall condition for its age. Includes the original “How to Make a Ticonderoga Pencil” box, numerous wood slats and pencil-production samples, instruction sheet, correspondence, and 1993 Newsday documentation.
Box has age/storage wear, light discoloration, creasing, and edge wear. Paper documents have folds, wrinkles, and age-related wear. Pencil-making samples show minor storage wear. Please review all photos carefully for exact contents and condition.
Description
Unusual and highly collectible Dixon Ticonderoga “How to Make a Ticonderoga Pencil” educational sample kit, accompanied by fascinating original 1993 correspondence and Newsday documentation.
The kit demonstrates multiple stages in the manufacture of a classic Ticonderoga pencil, including:
* Raw cedar pencil slats
* Grooved slats
* Slats containing graphite cores
* Joined/processed pencil sections
* Raw unfinished pencils
* Yellow lacquered pencil stages
* Finished Ticonderoga pencil example
* Original printed “Procedures in Making a Ticonderoga Pencil” guide
* Original Dixon Ticonderoga presentation box
What makes this particular example especially interesting is the accompanying provenance.
The paperwork includes a 1993 Dixon Ticonderoga letter to a “Pencil Enthusiast” explaining that the kit had mistakenly been described in a Newsday article as being available free to the public. Dixon states that the promotional kit was actually not generally available to the public, but enclosed one at no charge because of the misunderstanding.
Also included are:
* Dixon Ticonderoga company correspondence
* Newsday letter dated August 13, 1993
* Copy of the Newsday correction mentioning the pencil-making kit
* Additional related newspaper/documentation
The combination of the manufacturing samples and original period correspondence makes this much more interesting than a typical vintage pencil collectible.
Item Specifics
Brand: Dixon Ticonderoga
Type: Educational / Promotional Pencil Making Kit
Year: 1993
Material: Cedar Wood, Graphite, Pencil Components, Paper
Theme: Pencil Manufacturing / Advertising / Education
Original: Yes
Vintage: Yes
Country/Region: United States
Included: Sample stages, box, instructions & original correspondence
