Results 1 to 19 of 19

Thread: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

  1. #1
    Senior Member Tleek's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2020
    Posts
    156
    Thanks
    22
    Thanked 19 Times in 10 Posts
    Rep Power
    4

    Default Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    Here is my new to me Sheaffer Triumph 1250. I believe Sheaffer Made these pens from 1942-1945. I love all things '40s so the association with the war years is interesting and appealing to me. Its also a beautiful pen. Mine is a vac filler.
    DED9C50B-9D27-4A71-9542-7F0C8153A4DC.jpeg
    2FCD34CD-0B43-4561-94A3-3C7DDD63A8FD.jpeg

    Unfortunately, the pen wrote super fine and dry when it arrived. I flossed the tines and it is a bit better, but still an extra-fine for sure, and a little more dry than I would prefer. Ill keep working on it, but as it is, it's great on cheap paper!

    E7B86193-0FFF-4315-A1FA-C82FA29B645C.jpeg

    466B50B4-819E-4428-AA6F-8E624B40E645.jpeg

    Here is an ad from 1942 hanging in my hallway. I just realized how bad of a picture this is, but the letter is addressed to Camp Young, California. Camp Young was a desert warfare training center in use 1942-1944. Sheaffer was really tugging at American heart strings here. Marketing these high-end pens as a tool to keep families connected with sons preparing to ship off to war. I'm sure this ad symbolizes a building anxiety as the United states really ramped up its presence overseas and servicemen deployed to battle.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8BiarUbUJE&t=1388s

    Here is a 30 minute film done by Sheaffer in 1943. The first half details Sheaffer's commitment to the war effort. The second advertises Skrip "writing fluid" and Triumph pens and pencils.

    Thanks for looking! Who else has a Triumph out there!

  2. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Tleek For This Useful Post:

    FredRydr (September 25th, 2020), Sailor Kenshin (September 25th, 2020)

  3. #2
    Senior Member jar's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Deep South Texas
    Posts
    4,045
    Thanks
    479
    Thanked 3,712 Times in 1,610 Posts
    Rep Power
    18

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    Nice pen. The 1250 was not a model number but rather the price point; it had an MSRP of $12.50.

    He's a 1947 Sentinel Deluxe with a 1940s Lord Elgin watch.



    and the various nebs offered in the Triumph pens:

    Last edited by jar; September 25th, 2020 at 11:57 AM.

  4. The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to jar For This Useful Post:

    Barry B. Gabay (November 8th, 2020), FredRydr (September 25th, 2020), Jon Szanto (September 25th, 2020), Tleek (September 25th, 2020)

  5. #3
    Senior Member Tleek's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2020
    Posts
    156
    Thanks
    22
    Thanked 19 Times in 10 Posts
    Rep Power
    4

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    Nice pen!
    12.50 was quite a pretty penny on 1942. About $200 adjusted for inflation. I feel like collectors often use the pricing as “model numbers” to differentiate between different pens in the line. Balance 350 etc. I put the 1250 to distinguish between the triumph pen and triumph nib.

    My nib must be an accountants nib or extra fine, but it does have just a bit of give and flexes our to maybe a standard fine or medium.

  6. #4
    Senior Member FredRydr's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Carlisle, Pennsylvania USA
    Posts
    4,909
    Thanks
    1,396
    Thanked 6,390 Times in 2,505 Posts
    Rep Power
    18

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    I've gotten the bug for these Triumph-nibbed Vac-Fill pens over the past year, and I've ended up with a least a half-dozen. They are reliable writers, and the Vac-Fills have prodigious ink capacity. The one I use most is a Triumph desk pen, simply because it's always right there, ready to go.

  7. The Following User Says Thank You to FredRydr For This Useful Post:

    Tleek (September 25th, 2020)

  8. #5
    Senior Member Sailor Kenshin's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    Where pigs run free!
    Posts
    4,003
    Thanks
    6,231
    Thanked 3,427 Times in 1,716 Posts
    Rep Power
    17

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    We have a few. Some are vacs, one or two touchdowns, one is a lever-filler, a couple are Tuckaways. One five-dollar beater was transformed into a bulb-filler. I love these pens!
    My other pen is a Montblanc.

    And my other blog is a tumblr!


    And my latest ebook, for spooky wintery reading:

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CM2NGSSD

  9. The Following User Says Thank You to Sailor Kenshin For This Useful Post:

    Tleek (September 25th, 2020)

  10. #6
    Senior Member Tleek's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2020
    Posts
    156
    Thanks
    22
    Thanked 19 Times in 10 Posts
    Rep Power
    4

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    That’s a cool nib chart by the way jar. I would love to find one of these in a stub.

  11. #7
    Senior Member FredRydr's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Carlisle, Pennsylvania USA
    Posts
    4,909
    Thanks
    1,396
    Thanked 6,390 Times in 2,505 Posts
    Rep Power
    18

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    Quote Originally Posted by jar View Post
    ...and the various nibs offered in the Triumph pens....
    "Offered" is the key word. I've never seen most of those.

  12. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to FredRydr For This Useful Post:

    Jon Szanto (September 25th, 2020), Tleek (September 25th, 2020)

  13. #8
    Senior Member Jon Szanto's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Posts
    6,617
    Thanks
    7,796
    Thanked 11,040 Times in 4,011 Posts
    Rep Power
    22

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    One of the best runs of pens Sheaffer ever did, IMO. Such great writers when you find just what you want. Here's a Triumph Crest set I had Stacy Hills restore last year, simply wonderful, quality writing instruments.

    "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

  14. The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Jon Szanto For This Useful Post:

    Ahriman4891 (September 30th, 2020), FredRydr (September 26th, 2020), Tleek (September 25th, 2020)

  15. #9
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2019
    Location
    US
    Posts
    6,793
    Thanks
    642
    Thanked 898 Times in 690 Posts
    Rep Power
    11

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    As a personal bias, the Triumphant nib is more visually pleasing than the Parker et al hooded design. I especially am drawn to the two tone characteristic. Mine is the less sort after lever fill, which I prefer because I can change the sac economically if needed myself. After all, its is the nib that touches the paper.

  16. #10
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    May 2014
    Posts
    3,118
    Thanks
    874
    Thanked 2,528 Times in 1,299 Posts
    Rep Power
    13

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    Ooh, I have something like this.



    Not sure if it is exactly the same model (I know next to nothing about Sheaffer pens). Mine has a very battered gold band and a Gerry Berg restored filling system (plunger). Not inked at present though.

  17. The Following User Says Thank You to Empty_of_Clouds For This Useful Post:

    Ahriman4891 (September 30th, 2020)

  18. #11
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2019
    Location
    US
    Posts
    6,793
    Thanks
    642
    Thanked 898 Times in 690 Posts
    Rep Power
    11

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    Quote Originally Posted by Empty_of_Clouds View Post
    Ooh, I have something like this.



    Not sure if it is exactly the same model (I know next to nothing about Sheaffer pens). Mine has a very battered gold band and a Gerry Berg restored filling system (plunger). Not inked at present though.
    You at least, obviously, have a conical Triumph nib, same as me, EOC.

  19. #12
    Senior Member azkid's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2018
    Location
    Colorado, USA
    Posts
    2,016
    Thanks
    3,725
    Thanked 1,703 Times in 822 Posts
    Rep Power
    9

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    I have a Signature from a decade later but I would love to add a war years Triumph. The conical nib on this one (and on my later Skripsert) are pretty phenomenal.

  20. #13
    Senior Member Tleek's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2020
    Posts
    156
    Thanks
    22
    Thanked 19 Times in 10 Posts
    Rep Power
    4

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    Quote Originally Posted by Empty_of_Clouds View Post
    Ooh, I have something like this.



    Not sure if it is exactly the same model (I know next to nothing about Sheaffer pens). Mine has a very battered gold band and a Gerry Berg restored filling system (plunger). Not inked at present though.
    I’m pretty sure that’s the same pen I have. The wide cap band was popular. Same material too. You have a Triumph!

  21. #14
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    May 2014
    Posts
    3,118
    Thanks
    874
    Thanked 2,528 Times in 1,299 Posts
    Rep Power
    13

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    This thread sparked my enthusiasm to ink it up again. As mine writes an extra fine line it is filled with a good old standard Parker Quink Black. The domino effect is that my Lamy 2000 is now rocking Maruzen Athena Sepia, and a custom pen has been swapped from Noodler's Omaha Brown to KZI IG Gummiberry.

    (I don't like to have pens filled with the same inks as each other!).


    Anyhoo, the Sheaffer lays a really precise line, so it's going to be running Hobonichi duties for a while. Old and new.

  22. The Following User Says Thank You to Empty_of_Clouds For This Useful Post:

    Tleek (September 28th, 2020)

  23. #15
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    May 2014
    Posts
    3,118
    Thanks
    874
    Thanked 2,528 Times in 1,299 Posts
    Rep Power
    13

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    When I was filling the Sheaffer I noticed, for the first time cos I are dumb, the excellent transparency of the barrel stripes. It is very easy to see the ink level in even moderate lighting. That was a bit of a surprise.

  24. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Empty_of_Clouds For This Useful Post:

    Sailor Kenshin (September 29th, 2020), Tleek (September 30th, 2020)

  25. #16
    Senior Member Tleek's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2020
    Posts
    156
    Thanks
    22
    Thanked 19 Times in 10 Posts
    Rep Power
    4

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    I recently swapped the ink in my Triumph from Waterman Mysterious Blue to Sheaffer Blue. I think its a good match. My pen definitely writes with a needle point. Way finer than anything else I own. Not really my thing, but I like the pen so much I'll live with it. It comes in handy when signing or using cheap paper, making lists in my small pocket notebook, etc.

  26. #17
    Senior Member Jon Szanto's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Posts
    6,617
    Thanks
    7,796
    Thanked 11,040 Times in 4,011 Posts
    Rep Power
    22

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    Quote Originally Posted by Tleek View Post
    I recently swapped the ink in my Triumph from Waterman Mysterious Blue to Sheaffer Blue. I think its a good match. My pen definitely writes with a needle point. Way finer than anything else I own. Not really my thing, but I like the pen so much I'll live with it. It comes in handy when signing or using cheap paper, making lists in my small pocket notebook, etc.
    Being left-handed, fine points are also an issue for me, and some of the Sheaffers are the best of those. One other use to add to the list is that they are good for postcards (if you are into that) - you can fit more in the small space and the poor stock of most cards makes having the small point an advantage to keep down the feathering and spread.
    "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

  27. #18
    Senior Member KBeezie's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2014
    Location
    Grand Rapids, Michigan
    Posts
    2,067
    Thanks
    165
    Thanked 1,642 Times in 665 Posts
    Rep Power
    12

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    The black one at top is the only Triumph (as a pen model, not the nib) pen I have or have had. Picked it up from an Antique store for $20 and cleaned it up.



    I'm told that one of the advertised features of the Triumph (and the nib it's named for) is that it "Writes Both Ways" (or is it "Two Ways" like on the WASP?), since the one I have is a Medium (almost architect-ish point doing medium on the cross stroke and fine on the down), but on the reversible side of the nib it'll do an EF.

    I haven't found an ad to that claim yet tho.

  28. #19
    Senior Member Tleek's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2020
    Posts
    156
    Thanks
    22
    Thanked 19 Times in 10 Posts
    Rep Power
    4

    Default Re: Sheaffer Triumph 1250

    Quote Originally Posted by KBeezie View Post
    The black one at top is the only Triumph (as a pen model, not the nib) pen I have or have had. Picked it up from an Antique store for $20 and cleaned it up.



    I'm told that one of the advertised features of the Triumph (and the nib it's named for) is that it "Writes Both Ways" (or is it "Two Ways" like on the WASP?), since the one I have is a Medium (almost architect-ish point doing medium on the cross stroke and fine on the down), but on the reversible side of the nib it'll do an EF.

    I haven't found an ad to that claim yet tho.
    Sheaffer claims you can flip it for “fine writing” in the video I linked.

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •