And thus, you are now prepared when you get hold of a Yard-O-Led 
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Eagle 20 owners:
I do not have many twist type pencils, but most notably would be my Uchida Type E. On the Type E and my other twist types, when you twist one direction the lead extends, and twisting the other direction retracts the lead. The part that secures the lead core has a small “tube” that you seat the lead into, which holds it in place.
However on both of my Eagle 20s, I have to manually push the lead back in. Is this normal?
Here is the Type E -you can see the “tube” that you seat the lead core into.
Here the brass “push rod” is fully extended
On the Eagle 20, there is just the rod, but nowhere for the lead core to “seat” - so this is why you have to manually push back into the pencil body. Am I missing something? This seems like a half-assed design.
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Everything works fine; the lead doesn’t retract. You have to push it back with your finger. I understand this pencil was one of the first American 0.5mm pencils.
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I may be wrong and could have only experienced defective models, but in some of my twist action pencils the lead is secured in the pipe by friction alone along the wall of the tube itself, so the internal rod acted upon by the twist mechanism is able to extend the lead, not to retract it.
Case in point: old Kawecos and Pelikans I have work this way, especially in the sector of 1.18mm specimens.
In Italy some call this mechanism “finger-retract”, because in order to reinsert the tip of the core in the sleeve, one uses the finger.
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last question - The box clearly says "Danbury Connecticut, and Eagle from what I can tell was founded in New York in 1856. But mine says “Eagle 20 England” on the barrel
EDIT
I see @drifand Kelvin’s say the same thing.
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Sounds like a Brit, that came to New York but wished they were rich enough for Rhode Island, and instead decided to make a home in Connecticut!
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