david i
January 21st, 2015, 07:27 PM
It's been quite a Sheaffer Week. A couple threads back I offered to the hobby a thin-cap-band oversized Sheaffer Balance, and hinted at a challenge for someone to produce a non-white-dot (scarce in any case) similar pen with the thin cap-band (most found have the wider band of a White Dot Pen, even when found Non-White-Dot). Wee dabbling is fun.
Rick Krantz rose to the challenge, offering the hobby four whole days ago a Non White Dot OS Balance with the "expected" ( for Non-White-Dot pen, save in that size) thinner cap-band, a pen he found during the weekend at the Philadelphia Pen Show, found in the shadow of the chat here at FPG. Cool. Rick chose the venue of my wee Facebook pen group to release that pen. Our chat about these pens inspired Danny Kirchheimer to follow up here with a few he's had. Follow-up is good, and I'm tickled pink to see these discussions prod people to offer pens from their collections. It seems the only way to get the information out there. Perhaps we will have to trademark along with "Hack Amateur Newbie", the term "wee dabbler" (check it out on Google, though make certain to put the term in quotation marks). Hmmm... maybe trademark "pokity poke" too ;)
Rick Krantz's pen, offered to the hobby Jan 17.
http://vacumania.com/penteech2/sheafferbalance_NWD_grayblack_thinband.jpg
I couldn't attend the Philadelphia show this year (or the last couple years) due to work schedule out west, something I regret.
But, I scored a monster on ebay this week. Yes, it's a Sheaffer. Kudos if you recognize it. Certainly a few of the seasoned sort who play here will know it. Most Sheaffer collectors will never see one in person or handle one. An overwhelming majority of collectors will never own one.
It's not off-catalogue. It's not an anomaly. It doesn't require special explanation. It's just rare and of great cachet to those who know.
If no one calls it or provides details, I will follow up so.
Here it is. My nifty pick up on ebay this week. Or, as they say... happy David.
http://vacumania.com/penteech2/sheaffercrest_sterlingcrest_single950a.jpg
regards
-d
Rick Krantz rose to the challenge, offering the hobby four whole days ago a Non White Dot OS Balance with the "expected" ( for Non-White-Dot pen, save in that size) thinner cap-band, a pen he found during the weekend at the Philadelphia Pen Show, found in the shadow of the chat here at FPG. Cool. Rick chose the venue of my wee Facebook pen group to release that pen. Our chat about these pens inspired Danny Kirchheimer to follow up here with a few he's had. Follow-up is good, and I'm tickled pink to see these discussions prod people to offer pens from their collections. It seems the only way to get the information out there. Perhaps we will have to trademark along with "Hack Amateur Newbie", the term "wee dabbler" (check it out on Google, though make certain to put the term in quotation marks). Hmmm... maybe trademark "pokity poke" too ;)
Rick Krantz's pen, offered to the hobby Jan 17.
http://vacumania.com/penteech2/sheafferbalance_NWD_grayblack_thinband.jpg
I couldn't attend the Philadelphia show this year (or the last couple years) due to work schedule out west, something I regret.
But, I scored a monster on ebay this week. Yes, it's a Sheaffer. Kudos if you recognize it. Certainly a few of the seasoned sort who play here will know it. Most Sheaffer collectors will never see one in person or handle one. An overwhelming majority of collectors will never own one.
It's not off-catalogue. It's not an anomaly. It doesn't require special explanation. It's just rare and of great cachet to those who know.
If no one calls it or provides details, I will follow up so.
Here it is. My nifty pick up on ebay this week. Or, as they say... happy David.
http://vacumania.com/penteech2/sheaffercrest_sterlingcrest_single950a.jpg
regards
-d