Funk to manufacture White Crown Mason jar lids, though his attention soon turned to mechanical pencils.

[1] The first production of Eversharp pencils was made in New Jersey by the "Heath Corporation", a prominent provider of high quality metalwork to the writing equipment industry.

At the end of the 1920s, however, the company renamed itself Wahl-Eversharp, and all products, pens and pencils alike, were marked accordingly.

It remained a major player throughout the 1940s, but a series of missteps in its attempts to enter the then-new field of ballpoint pens hurt the company badly.

[6] Beginning in 2004, Syd Saperstein in the United States and Emmanuel Caltagirone in Italy attempted to revive the Wahl-Eversharp brand, working independently at first, then joining efforts.

[7] Today the company produces modern fountain pens based on original patented designs of both Wahl and Eversharp.