CS1167 Conway Stewart Nippy No. 3 Pencil.

CS1167 Conway Stewart Nippy No. 3 Pencil.

Date: c1950s

Length: 114mm.

This glossy burgundy and black marbled casein Nippy No. 3 pencil works perfectly and is in very good cosmetic condition.   As is very common with these pencils the gold-plated trim does show some wear, specifically, the point has lost a small amount of gold plating, but this is not immediately noticeable, and all the other plating is in very nice bright and shiny condition.  The pencil has a conical ended crown, which can be twisted to extend and retract the 1.18mm lead.  The crown has some surface marking - probably toothmarks from a nervous previous owner!  It is not really noticeable.  On the side of the barrel is a rather shallow nd hard to read imprint.  The pocket clip has the "CS" cypher within a diamond at the shoulder and a diamond shaped terminal.  The casein barrel is lovely and glossy and seems to be scratch-free.   The black cone is separated from the barrel by a gold plated band, and the point is also gold plated. 

I have fully serviced this pencil.  It is a propel-repel pencil and it works very smoothly by rotating the black top button.  I have installed a fresh 1.18mm lead into the mechanism so it is all ready to go.