Yard-O-Led
Parent Filofax Group (1988–2015) | | |
| Website | yard-o-led.com | |
|---|---|---|
The Yard-O-Led Pencil Company is a manufacturing company founded in
propelling pencils which contained twelve three inch leads (that is to say, 36 inches or a yard of lead). After World War II the company merged with Sampson Mordan Ltd whose founder had patented the first mechanical pencil in 1822. They built a new factory in Birmingham and took over Edward Baker Ltd, another pencil maker.[2]
In 1988, the company was acquired by Filofax Group, which owned it until 2015, when it was re-established itself as "Imperial Yard Ltd". Yard-O-Led continues to produce fountain and ballpoint pens pens as well as mechanical pencils; most of which are made from hallmarked sterling silver.
References
- ^ a b c Company history on Yard-O-Led website
- ^ The story of Yard-O-Led
Further reading
- Collecting Old Pencils, John Watkins, Collectors Press (1970,) ASIN: B000J2HUQG
- Victorian Pencils: Tools to Jewels, Deb Crosby, Schiffer Publishing Ltd (Oct 1998), ISBN 0-7643-0413-5
- The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance, by Henry Petroski
