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farranut
April 3rd, 2015, 04:13 PM
Hi everyone,

As many probably have done I went and found my parents old pens they'd kept. I think this is a Sheaffer Lifetime. Can anyone confirm this and if so how easy is it to strip down and refurbish (it had a mostly empty dried cartridge in it when I opened it) and could I get a converter to fit it? 176801768117682

jar
April 3rd, 2015, 04:32 PM
Doesn't look like a "Lifetime, more likely a 550 GT.

farranut
April 3rd, 2015, 04:37 PM
I think you might be correct :)

jar
April 3rd, 2015, 05:04 PM
Note, like Parker, Sheaffer has their own cartridge/converter formats. You will need Sheaffer cartridges and maybe the old style squeeze converter.

HughC
April 3rd, 2015, 09:55 PM
Imperial IV cartridge pen. The clip, nib and square end are the tell tale sign.

Regards
Hugh