EAGLE PENCIL MIRADO 174 NO. 3 (MEDIUM HARD)
SPECIMEN REFERENCE GWI-01393 |
CLASSIFICATION: GRAPHITE WRITING INSTRUMENT
PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE — GWI-01393
IDENTITY & CLASSIFICATION
MANUFACTURER:Eagle Pencil
SERIES / LINE:Mirado 174
GRADE:No. 3 (medium hard)
MODEL CODE:HUNB
CORPORATE BODY:Eagle Pencil
EAN ARTICLE NO.:4902778978924
JAN ARTICLE NO.:4902778978924
CLASSIFICATION:Hi-uni
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
| COUNTRY | USA (originally, by Eagle Pencil, New York); also produced over the line's life in Canada, the UK, Colombia and Mexico |
| ERASER-TIPPED | Yes |
| GRADE | No. 3 (medium hard) |
| INTENDED USE | writing |
| SERIES | Mirado 174 |
| SHAPE | hexagonal |
| STATUS | discontinued |
| WOOD | cedar |
ARCHIVIST'S NOTES
The Mirado 174 was the Eagle Pencil Company's flagship yellow office writing pencil, descended from the "Mikado 174" introduced in 1906 and renamed "Mirado" during World War II; it later passed to Berol and then Sanford, which still sells the line as the Paper Mate Mirado Classic. It is a hexagonal cedar pencil finished in trademark yellow lacquer, with a "chemi-sealed" (later waxed) graphite core and an eraser ferrule (the ferrule-less variant was the model 172). It was sold across a range of office grades from No. 1 (2B, soft) up to No. 4 (hard), with No. 2 (HB) the standard general-writing grade.
This specimen: Mirado 174 in grade No. 3 (medium hard).
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