Lets Add Some Staplers

 

Here we have a great selection of 40 plus year old staplers. All seem to be in good shape along with their packaging. Top left is a small hand held stapler made by Arrow Fastener Co. Next are three Bear Brand Co staplers made in Hong Kong. Followed by a small stapler called the Bambi made by the Rexel Office Products in Long Island City New York. Great picture of the father and kid. Last is one of my favorite staplers the Swingline TOT. Have used these TOT staplers for many years. All these staplers use the same small size staples. Last on the right is a great 4 pack of old erasers. Made in Taiwan. Add them all to your collection.

Christmas In August Part 2

 

Another good friend of mine here in Central Texas just got back from Greece. All items are Faber Castell except the green and brown Uniball Power Tank eco. Never seen one before and I do like the green and brown color. Perfect Pencil, Power Tank, some great wooden Faber Castell pencils, 2 more mechanical pencils, two roller ball pens and another mechanical pencil and a nice set with pencils, eraser and sharpener. Great job Robyn. The supply room keeps getting bigger. Add them all to your collection.

Christmas In August Part 1

 

My good friend Ricardo and I have been exchanging boxes of supplies over the past year and here is the one I just got in the mail. Most of the stuff is Faber Castell. Starting on the left is a Faber Castell perfect pencil, have two of these now. Next are a few Faber Castell pencil sharpeners and one by Maped, add in a few Faber Castell erasers. Plenty of Faber Castell pencils with friends. My wooden pencil collection is growing. Now what do I see? A new blue BIC 4 way in blue. They come in many colors but here in the USA I can only find the black one. Over at Pocket Blonde you can see a great review of this new 4 way pen. After the BIC is a large collection of pens and Faber Castell pencils plus some more erasers. Last take a look at the red Bel Bol 2mm pencil on the right. Great Haul. Thanks Ricardo. Next post will be Part 2 of my Christmas in August.IC

Life February 1, 1943

 

What were you doing in 1943? Down here in the supply room we have found a stack of ads for pens and pencils from the 1940s to the 1960s. Here is the first one. As she states in the ad," Metal and Rubber are so terribly scarce" That was because of WW2. Most of these ads are from the 40s and all of them seem to show or talk about the military as materials and supplies were in short supply. I will be posting one or two a week. Add them all to your collection.

Last Of The School Supplies

 

School starts today here in Central Texas and the sale signs are going up at all our stationary stores. I picked these items up today. The Mead 3/5 cards are standard and the Westcott erasers are nice because they are made from recycled materials. The item that I am most impressed with is the Avery See-Through Sticky Notes. This is the first time I have seen these and at $2.50 for 50 notes they are not cheap but they do work and work well. I will be going back to Office Max for more. I saw them in both pick and yellow. The Rifle pen is a souvenir from the Alamo which is down in San Antonio Texas. Nice place to go visit if you are in the area. Add them all to your collection.

More Mad Men

 

Here is another box of pens for Mad Men. They needed some color so I am sending these 1966 vintage Parker Touche pens. Originally the pens were felt tip but were converted to use the Jotter ball point pen refill. It seems Parker must of had some kind of problem getting the proper refills to stores so they just came up with a conversion kit. The five pens had the kit and instructions included. The others are more Sheaffer ball points and one set. Add them all to your growing collection.

School Supplies in 1968

 

Here we have a great two page ad for school supplies from the Westab Company in Dayton Ohio in 1968. I was 15 at the time this ad came out so I was using these items or something like them. Around 1968 was the start of stripes, psychedelic prints with flowers and paisley covered notebooks and binders. Papermate Ops N Pops pens also came out in 1968. What a year. I also sent a copy of this ad to Man Men because it does show what was on those school supply shelves in the 60s. Add all these school supplies to your collection.