"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
Jon Szanto (December 14th, 2017)
Sheaffer made some good pens even in to the 1990s.
The Legacy I is a bit heavy for my tastes but is a real quality piece of kit.
The Prelude is a great pen design with that classic Nononsense-esque feed and great stiff steel nibs.
The Triumph "Imperials" (I wan't one of those Cadium Yellow puppies) and Targas.
And those mid 90s "Crest" Reissues are genuinely great (Though the Opalite ones are prone to shrink and deform)
Do they stack up in design or QC to the Flat top or Balance era, the Forticel stuff or the Pneumatic pens, no (very little does imo) but I love my small pile of Preludes and my 2 C/C Crests. The 18k nibs on those are so soft and Sheaffer knew how to make a feed plastic that was a good as their ebonite (none better. Ever.)
& I'll just say this the Nononsense is (IMO) the absolute G O A T cheap American pen and one of the greatest pens ever and you could walk in to any drug store or Korvette's in the 1980s and grab one in a blister pack and be off to the races.
catbert (December 15th, 2017), Jon Szanto (December 15th, 2017)
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