Mirado

Mirado
Mirado, also known as Mikado, ia a pencil group based n the fact that all the pencils are decended from the Eagle Mikado of the pre-WWII times.

Origon of Mirado
Mikado, which had been long seen on the pencils that were famous in America, were given that name since the word "Mikado" was infact a Japenese word for Emperor. but, when the Japenese bombed Pearl Harbour in 1941, Eagle chose to rename the famed pencil to the Americanized version of the word, Mirado.

Pencils in the Group
Mikado and Mirado Pencils were not all Woodcased, but they were made in Indelible varieties and in Type-Tip varieties, known also as Flared Eraser varieties.

Existance today
Mirado pencils are still seen today in the Mirado Classic, Mirado Black Warrior, and Mirado Woodtone species, all made by Papermate.