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==External links== |
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*[http://www.unl.edu/Bolin_resources/pencil_page/keeran/index.htm Charles Keeran, a Mechanical Pencil Pioneer] |
*[http://www.unl.edu/Bolin_resources/pencil_page/keeran/index.htm Charles Keeran, a Mechanical Pencil Pioneer] |
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*[http://www.vintagepens.com/Eversharp_history.htm Eversharp] |
*[http://www.vintagepens.com/Eversharp_history.htm A Tale of Two Pencils: Keeran's Eversharp & Hayakawa's Ever-Ready Sharp] originally published in The PENnant, Winter 2001 |
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*[http://www.pendemonium.com/pens_eversharp.htm Eversharp] at Pendemonium |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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Revision as of 14:54, 22 June 2010
Eversharp was a pioneer maker of mechanical pencils.
History
The company was started by Charles Rood Keeran in 1913.[1] He applied for a patent to the pencil in October of 1913 and was granted the patent in March of 1915. Some of the first Eversharp pencils were produced in New Jersey by Heath, a prominent provider of high quality metalwork to the writing equipment industry. These pencils were first sold in a test market during the holiday season of 1913 at Wanamaker's in New York City. In October of 1915, Keeran signed a contract with Wahl to manufacture Eversharp pencils. In August of 1917, Wahl forced Charles Keeran out of the company.[2]
External links
- Charles Keeran, a Mechanical Pencil Pioneer
- A Tale of Two Pencils: Keeran's Eversharp & Hayakawa's Ever-Ready Sharp originally published in The PENnant, Winter 2001
Further reading
- The pencil: a history of design and circumstance, Henry Petroski, Knopf, 1992. ISBN 0679734155, pp 265-270.
Patents
- U.S. patent 1,130,741 New and useful Improvements in Lead-Pencils and #1151016, and #1153115
References
- ^ "Charles Rood Keeran". Chicago Tribune. June 11, 1948.
The funeral of Charles Rood Keeran, 65, who was associated for many years with the mechanical pencil, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the chapel at ...
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Eversharp". Pendemonium. Retrieved 2009-12-15.