Category: Sheaffer
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How NOT to disassemble a Sheaffer
Today I learned how to NOT disassemble a Sheaffer Triumph 500. I had to get inside it to fix the vacuum piston and I made the incorrect assumption that it...
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Sheaffer’s Crest Deluxe 1500 / 600 set
This is a Crest Deluxe 1500 vacuum filler fountain pen with a 500 mechanical pencil made by Sheaffer in the early-to-mid 1940s. The barrels of both are brown striated with...
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Sheaffer 1004
Sheaffer’s Targa series of fountain pens was introduced in 1976 and was named after the Targa Florio motor car race in Sicily. (There’s an interesting story on Richard Binder’s page...
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Sheaffer Triumph Lifetime No. 1000
This Sheaffer Triumph 1000 with a Lifetime nib was made around 1948. It is a vacuum filler, a system often seen in older Sheaffer’s and Onoto’s. (see this page for...
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Sheaffer Balance Petite
This black and pearl Sheaffer Balance Lifetime Petite was made in the USA in the either 1929 or 1930. Although the Balance production ran well into the 1940’s, there were...
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Sheaffer Craftsman 350 – #33 nib
Sheaffer started production of the Craftsman model in the 1930’s, with various models being produced until the early 1950’s. This was back in the day when the price of the...
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Sheaffer Valiant II
This is a second-generation Sheaffer Valiant, made around 1947 or 1948, since the cap band is slightly smaller than that of the 1945-46 model (see comparison photos here). It is...