This valuable and uncommon beauty was brought out for me from under a vendor's table at the 2019 Ohio Pen Show, and I succumbed. The Masterpiece sports solid gold.
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This valuable and uncommon beauty was brought out for me from under a vendor's table at the 2019 Ohio Pen Show, and I succumbed. The Masterpiece sports solid gold.
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Is it alright for me to be envious?
In any event, if you would be so kind, could you post a photo of the nib perhaps? (So that I can become even more envious).
No way that barrel is solid gold. Nonetheless, I'm happy for you.
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I haven't written with it yet, but these nibs are very reliable and predictable. In any event, the pen was throughly restored by the top penmeister/plungermeister.
Um, I think you may be right about the barrel. Lesson learned!
Does anybody know what other nibs have an upturned tip? I only know of the Triumph nib, the old Macniven and Cameron Waverly dip pen nib, and of course the Pilot nib of the same name, but I imagine there must be others because it works so well. (Sorry to be skirting an off-topic tangent. Back in school I had a tendency to lead class discussions "off on a tangent," and was regularly brought to task for it.)
I only know of Waverly before Sheaffer.
Nice pen, though a mismatch; there's no evidence the Crest Masterpiece was offered in any color other than black.
--Daniel
Too bad you haven't the evidence. But here it is. I like it that Sheaffer has a history of producing such special pens that keep the experts guessing.
Thank you for the compliment.
Just beautiful. You scored.
Here's a gold Sheaffer Crest Masterpiece that Teri has for sale. https://www.peytonstreetpens.com/she...-restored.html
https://www.peytonstreetpens.com/med...ece_nord_1.jpg
Nope. Take a lesson on the issue from Messrs. Isaacson and Wooten: http://fountainpenboard.com/forum/in...ce-frankenpen/ Therefore, I'm not concerned, so you needn't worry about it on my behalf.
As the posts in that thread make clear, there is no evidence your cap and barrel were originally sold together as a pen. Absent any evidence for the correctness or originality of a pen that could trivially be created from a cap and barrel from two different pens, the rational conclusion provided by Occam's Razor is clear.
If your pen has no "5000" imprint on the barrel, that possible piece of confirming evidence is not present, so as it stands there's still no evidence your cap and barrel belong together.
I can't see the whole pen from all angles; where's the White Dot?
I'm not worried at all. I'm providing information about your Sheaffer pen. As I noted, and as the thread you linked also says, there's no evidence your pen is anything other than the combination of the cap from one model with the barrel from another. That's not something to be worried about; it's just information which should be of interest.Quote:
I'm not concerned, so you needn't worry about it on my behalf.
--Daniel
Daniel,
You ignore the essence of that discussion. You are not providing me with information, but rather you are advancing your own...oh never mind. Daniel, just chill, man. Trying in vain to score points on minutia gets boring in a forum like this.
What do you consider to be the essence of that discussion as it bears on the question of the authenticity of your pen?
I'm not trying to score points. I'm providing information about the likely authenticity of your pen. There is no evidence that your cap and barrel were offered as a pen model by Sheaffer, and all the available evidence weighs against it. Those are just facts, which don't seem to be in dispute.
Where's the White Dot on your pen?
--Daniel
Beautiful day indeed. Recollecting that both of you have carped at me in the past, I am regaled and amused.
The sun is shining! I would like to know if the pen barrel has 5000 on it. Sometimes it is difficult to find the parts to restore a pen to a an original configuration.