Title

Pencil Holder

Description

A brass metal bullet pencil holder. This holder has a advertisement for the Northwestern Commission Co. a merchant of livestock in South St. Paul. The brass is painted red with a the label area done in white with blue lettering. The insert which holds the pencil has been lost.

A bullet pencil holder, as the name suggests, is a pencil holder in the shape of a rifle bullet cartridge. In fact, the first renditions of these pencil holders were made of spent cartridges. A removable insert holds the pencil, with the pencil having the ability to be inserted into the casing in order to protect the tip from breaking.