tannie
August 13th, 2013, 03:25 PM
I recently won an auction on ebay for a Sheaffer's balance fountain pen which I only wanted to buy for the story (such a sucker for a story, me...).
FYI, the description/story:
Vintage Sheaffer fountain pen with Sheaffer Lifetime nib.
It might be interesting for legal experts and historians to know this pen came from the estate of the French-Dutch aristocratic family of the Dutch Vicepresident of the Court of Appeal, Amsterdam: Petrus Simeon Noyon (1761-1848), Deputy Public Prosecutor: Petrus Simeon Noyon (1817-1892), and Attorney-General of The Supreme Court: Tarquinius Johannes Noyon (1848-1929).
The personal inscription on the pen says: "S.Noyon - TDK .1.11.31". The - short round ball humped - clip is engraved "Sheaffer's". The barrel says: "W.A. Scheaffer Pen Co.Fort Madison, Iowa. USA - Pat. D-78,795". The Nib is engraved: "Scheaffers - Lifetime - Reg.U.S.Pat.Off. - made in U.S.A - 4512634".
The pen is marine green mottled. The barrel still has luminous spots,the cap though became a bit dull due to age. The ball of the clip shows a bit of wear to the gold.
I was able to wright with the pen after using some blotting paper to help the ink start flowing. I assume cleaning the pen will make the ink flow by itself again.
Late at night I thought 'why not, I don't have a Sheaffer yet.' so I bid the minimum. No-one else bid, I won and I received it in the mail today. As expected the sac had turned to bits. Whenever listings don't mention the sac, I assume it has disintegrated. I have replaced sacs in the past, so this doesn't worry me. The levers worry me. The lever works fine however and the only sac I have left fits tightly, I will attach that tonight. I spent some time taking it apart and cleaning it, though I could not remove the feed from the section but I think I can clean it without removing the feed. It had ink-crud in the section which flushed out easily so I don't feel too worried about not having full access to the feed.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3671/9505662198_9a8073e0da.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tannie/9505662198/)
Night here, so I don't have many fancy shiny photos of the barrel yet. It does sparkle a bit.
All in all, I think I'll like using this pen, very lightweight and the lever moves easily. I did *not* expect that flex-nib though...
P.S. I have decided 'TDK' stands for 'The Dark Knight' so from now on, I shall name this pen 'Batman' ;)
FYI, the description/story:
Vintage Sheaffer fountain pen with Sheaffer Lifetime nib.
It might be interesting for legal experts and historians to know this pen came from the estate of the French-Dutch aristocratic family of the Dutch Vicepresident of the Court of Appeal, Amsterdam: Petrus Simeon Noyon (1761-1848), Deputy Public Prosecutor: Petrus Simeon Noyon (1817-1892), and Attorney-General of The Supreme Court: Tarquinius Johannes Noyon (1848-1929).
The personal inscription on the pen says: "S.Noyon - TDK .1.11.31". The - short round ball humped - clip is engraved "Sheaffer's". The barrel says: "W.A. Scheaffer Pen Co.Fort Madison, Iowa. USA - Pat. D-78,795". The Nib is engraved: "Scheaffers - Lifetime - Reg.U.S.Pat.Off. - made in U.S.A - 4512634".
The pen is marine green mottled. The barrel still has luminous spots,the cap though became a bit dull due to age. The ball of the clip shows a bit of wear to the gold.
I was able to wright with the pen after using some blotting paper to help the ink start flowing. I assume cleaning the pen will make the ink flow by itself again.
Late at night I thought 'why not, I don't have a Sheaffer yet.' so I bid the minimum. No-one else bid, I won and I received it in the mail today. As expected the sac had turned to bits. Whenever listings don't mention the sac, I assume it has disintegrated. I have replaced sacs in the past, so this doesn't worry me. The levers worry me. The lever works fine however and the only sac I have left fits tightly, I will attach that tonight. I spent some time taking it apart and cleaning it, though I could not remove the feed from the section but I think I can clean it without removing the feed. It had ink-crud in the section which flushed out easily so I don't feel too worried about not having full access to the feed.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3671/9505662198_9a8073e0da.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tannie/9505662198/)
Night here, so I don't have many fancy shiny photos of the barrel yet. It does sparkle a bit.
All in all, I think I'll like using this pen, very lightweight and the lever moves easily. I did *not* expect that flex-nib though...
P.S. I have decided 'TDK' stands for 'The Dark Knight' so from now on, I shall name this pen 'Batman' ;)