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Centered nib design

Patent drawing sheet showing multiple elongated wooden pen-holders with metal collars, various flat-shanked steel nibs with shoulders and slots, and small circular end-view diagrams illustrating different slit and hole patterns for centering the nib.

COMBINED PEN AND PEN-HOLDERGeorge Henry Holland Clement · December 24, 1889

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