Clever Design (and fun to use!), c. 1940s Umbrella Cased Bridge Pencil mid-century asian one side etched with a

one side etched with a grid

some houses and animals and flowers and all sorts of things

but overall good structural condition

(now very soft old fold-lines suggest it was carried around in a pocket or tucked into a book or letter long ago) so the tear doesn't bother me a bit

but they definitely had some carving abilities

Clever Design (and fun to use!), c. 1940s Umbrella Cased Bridge Pencil mid-century asian one side etched with aSo fun. This I believe was made as a tally pencil for bridge and just as bridge partners are known to send secret signals back and forth, so it seems just right that a secret pencil should be used to keep score! The pencil pulls out from the end, pencil point to the inside, and then a longer brass sleeve that it fits into, like a handle, making it much easier to write with! With gold tassels still hanging from its neck, and a smart pink celluloid