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It turned out to be a somewhat grudging writer: hard to start and not especially fun to use. It probably needs tuning.

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On 23/06/2017 at 14:08, bergnerm said:

Acabei de comprar esta combinação de lápis / caneta. Achei que fosse um dispositivo Mabie Todd, mas alguém me disse que a marca da patente sugeria que era um corpo de Hicks reformado com uma ponta de Mabie Todd. Datas de 1860 a 1880.

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Its a Mabe,  Todd & Co, New York. Legitime!! Its nota a adaptacion.

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Here's a really sweet Hicks pencil I found out in the wild. It's unusually large for the form and really very heavy. I placed it between two sterling Wahl vest pocket pens to give an indication of its size. It is marked Sterling Silver with the acorn mark.

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Wow that's a looker!

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