Autopoint Rocket

[Catpaws]

I found 1! Think it might arrive next week. 

[Misfit]

Oh sweet. Welcome to the vintage Autopoint Rocket club. My last one had no ad on it. The cap was hard to get off. Once I got it off, I cleaned the, uh, stem?  The part the cap slides on and off. Poor little pencil must have sat unloved and unused for quite a long time. 
 

What I need are the vintage erasers.  

[Misfit]

Oh, drat, I just saw a vintage Autopoint on eBay that has a funky neat ad.  I thought I was done buying them, but it has a knight on it. Kind of. And a pink eraser. Weakening….

[Catpaws]

😂 I laugh because I know the feeling

[Catpaws]

I think I have seen vintage erasers for sale. 

[Catpaws]

Autopoint Rocket in maroon-ish brown arrived today. 

[Chthulhu]

I had to go back through my notes and photos, and I have nine of these little gems. Seven have non-metal caps, one has a silver-colored cap and clip, and the prettiest one has a gold-colored cap and clip.

[Catpaws]

That is pretty!

[Misfit]

Congratulations @Catpaws that is an attractive one. 
 

Sounds like a cool collection @Chthulhu

[Misfit]

I decided to get the one with the ad. The cap isn’t metal, like my other two rocket clip pencils. I took a screenshot of the seller’s photo, and edited out the eBay stuff to show the knight. 
 

[Misfit]

It arrived. This time I’m posting my photo, not the one like above from eBay. 

I looked up the names on the pencil. The one that gave the most information was Pitman-Moore Co, a division of Allied Laboratories Inc. It seems they were concerned with animal health. Pitman-Moore (in Indiana) developed a serum for cholera in hogs. Funny what a vintage item can induce us to learn. 
 

The search for Allied Laboratories led me to a book out of stock on Amazon. The knight is the Allied Laboratories logo, as the shield has the AL on it, and so did the book.  A further search showed that Allied Laboratories was a Delaware corporation with its principal office in Kansas City, Missouri. I live in the metro KC area, so wow, this little pencil has a home back in the HQ area. 

 

[Catpaws]

very cool! Your photo is better. Nice blue!

[Misfit]

Thank you @Catpaws  I thought from the eBay photo the cap would be black. Kind of neat it’s blue.  

[Misfit]

I bought some vintage Autopoint standard erasers No. 40E size.  I got one to fit in the Rocket clip version. I haven’t managed to get one to fit the version @Estycollector called cracked ice. This is the one I couldn’t fit the eraser in. 

[Chthulhu]

Pentel PDE-1 erasers fit well in many Autopoint pencils.

 

[Catpaws]

That is a cool pencil! I love all the useful info being shared!

[Misfit]

Thank you @Chthulhu

[Misfit]

I have some Pentel PDE-1 erasers thanks to my beloved Dad. I found them in his desk. I tried the metal holder which came with the erasers. The cap didn’t seem to fit.  So I dug the eraser out of the holder that came with the pencil. Took some effort plus a jewelry tool from a kit I got. Now the old holder, and the Pentel eraser are installed in the cracked ice Autopoint. Many thanks

to @Chthulhu

 

edit here

I pulled the cap off, and the eraser was in the cap. If I twist it off, the eraser stays put. 

Edited September 17, 2022 by Misfit
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[ajcoleman]

Another option you might try for a replacement eraser. If you take the eraser off a disposable Bic pencil, they are not quite as snug as the Pentel eraser. I haven't measured the size difference, but they are maybe 1 mm smaller in diameter. I have used them on Rocket Autopoint pencils without issue. 

[Misfit]

Thank you @ajcoleman  I’ll have to check drawers to see if any of those are in the house. It’s possible.