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Pen #3230  Parker 75    SOLD
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: sterling silver
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:   cartridge/converter               a rebuilt squeeze  converter               (PVC sac installed) included
Point:   Medium 14K	Imprint:	Size:  5"
COMMENTS:     The Parker 75 is an iconic pen.  Introduced in 1964 the pen continued in production with a wide variety of finishes, but the sterling silver cisele' pattern was always in the lineup until it was discontinued in 1994 to make room for the Parker Sonnet.  The first models had flat top tassiesl.  This one has the dished ends, as well as the triangular section which means it has the "skinny" feed or as Richard Binder calls it, the spiked feed.  No dents in the pen, clean trim, no pitting to the metal clutch/trim ring at the nib end of the section,  The pen has been cleaned and serviced, the squeeze converter updated with a new PVC sac.  I've sealed under the trim ring so that the metal won't corrode, nor will it lead where the trim ring meets the section.  New clutch fingers installed too, so the cap closed with a good, snug feel.  The 14K USA nib is marked medium, but it writes more like a broad (1mm) so it would be a good candidate for a grind to a cursive italic nib if you want it (add $50).  We suggest cleaning with a Sunshine Cloth, never a cream or paste polish.  It's the only thing that we use on these pens to preserve the blackening in the grid.  We have them available if you need one.

Pen #3229  MINT Sheaffer Connaisseur  SOLD
Overall Grade: mint	Metal: excellent	Material: plastic
Nib condition: mint	Flaws: none	Filler: cartridge/converter              converter included
Point:  medium	Imprint:	Size:  5.21"
COMMENTS:  The Sheaffer Connaisseur was the brain child of my late friend Arthur D. Reppert.   You may know him as Dan Reppert.  I saw Dan at the LA show over a decade ago and asked him if he had a cap for a black Connaisseur.  His reply was, "No, why don't you make one?"  It turns out that Dan had suggested the Connaisseur to Sheaffer. The idea was to take the well known Sheaffer No Nonsense, add fancy trim, a white dot, and a gold nib.  They also put a weight in the barrel to give it a bit more heft (in the 80s weight meant "quality!").  Dan eventually got laid off, and a year after he got laid off Sheaffer introduced the Connaisseur.  Production started in 1985 and ran through 1996, and then revived the model for Levenger as the "Seas" pen in 1998,  The plain clip and cap band design put the production date of this pen between 1989 and 1996.  It's marked as USA production.  This pen is in absolute true mint condition.  I've water tested the nib, and there is no trace of ink.  Note the chalkmark on the section.  The rest of the pen is as mint as the nib.  The pen comes with the original black end squeeze converter.  Though still good (it's mint) I would expect the 30 year old sac (it is "vintage modern" to fail sooner rather than later so I've upgraded it with a PVC sac.   The nib feels nice on paper, but since it is mint I have only water tested.  If you want the pen ink tested, tell me when you order the pen.  Once inked the pen can not be returned because it can  not be resold as mint.  The pen comes with the original warranty card, in A Sheaffer box from that era but not the larger box for the Connaisseur.   A timeless, classic pen, and one of their best modern pens. I did make a cap for my black Connaisseur by the way.  I bought a NN cap, plated the clip, tranferred the bands and top and fixed on a genuine white dot.  That morphed into a number of fantasy Connaisseurs including one in orange, one in ivory with celluloid ends, and one in cherry red.  If you're interested, Richard Binder has a very interesting article on the Connaisseur on his website.

Pen #3201         Sheaffer   3-25  Slender Flat top       $137
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: lever
Point: extra fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.34"
COMMENTS:   If you like the look of the flat top pens, but don't want the girth of a Sr flat top, or the shorter length of the Jr,this pen is for you.  Same length as a Sr flat top, but much thinner.  Same design elements, but the nib is a 3-25 instead of a Lifetime nib.  Still a quality 14K nib, but the pen cost $3.25 and didn't carry the lifetime warranty.  The only flaw in the pen was a small spot of brassing on the cap band.  None on the clip or lever, no tooth marks, cracks etc.  The nib is a fairly firm extra fine. A nice clean pen, freshly restored.

Pen #3215    Sheaffer TM (thin model)   Sentinel Deluxe  fountain pen and Ballpoint  set    $157
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: Touchdown           BP - see comments for          notes on the replacement refill
Point:   fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.34"
COMMENTS:  This is the first time I've encountered one of these sets.  This is a Sentinel Deluxe pen, which Sheaffer kept in production until the last half of the 60s, which explains the ballpoint pen instead of just a pencil.  The fountain pen is fully restored, and really quite nice writing.  The ballpoint has a button/ratchet mechanism.  Sheaffer ballpoint refills are hard to find, but Monteverde makes a very good refill designed to fit the Sheaffer pens.  On this pen you will need to shorten the button on the end of the refill, or just move the one from the refill in the pen over to the replacement.  A nice clean set with no dents or cracks.  A little woggle to the BP clip, but not bad.  .

Pen #3208        Sheaffer Oversize Balance      SOLD
Overall Grade: fine to extra fine	Metal: extra fine	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:  lever
Point: fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.5"
COMMENTS:   The Balance was introduced in 1929-1930.  Early colors were black, jade and black and pearl.  The gray pearl, or silver pearl as some call it, and the radius clip, were introduced in 1935, and continued to the end of the product run.  Though oversize and therefore big, the pens are, well, balanced, and fit comfortably in your hand.  You're looking right at it in the picture.  No brassing to clip or cap bands, though they are a little hazy.  The clip very minor wavy at the end just above the ball, but it's firmly attached and doesn't wiggle.  The lever has been plated with rhodium.  There also is a name in the barrel.  The color in the picture is pretty accurate.  You'll find an excellent, clean imprint,  and a clean, smooth writing nib with a good mask on the end.  Not perfect, but a good every day carry pen for someone who likes larger pens.  Restored, nib tested and smoothed.

Pen #3198  Parker 45 Flighter   SOLD
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: acrylic
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:   cartridge/converter               a rebuilt squeeze  converter               (PVC sac installed) included
Point:   Medium 14K	Imprint:	Size:  5.37"
COMMENTS:     The Parker 45 was Parker's first cartridge filling pen, introduced in 1960,  The name "45" tied it to the Colt 45,  all that you had to do to reload it was to drop in a cartridge.  Richard Binder has a really interesting article on these pens.  They were popular enough that Parker made the pen in various finishes and colors for 46 years.  This is a "flighter".  The name for these all stainless steel pens started with the 51 Flighter in the 1950s.  Gold filled trim, and on this pen a 14K nib.  This pen has a new section, so none of the "puckering" that you often see on a 45.  A very clean, nice pen, ready to write.

Pen #3218         Sheaffer   5-30  Short slender Flat top       $107
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: lever
Point: extra fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  4.55"
COMMENTS:   This is about the size of the standard Jr Flat top. The colors in the picture are reasonably accurate.  The cap is original to the pen, but a little lighter.  The trim is clean except for the wear at the high point on the ball of the clip.  The imprint on the barrel is strong and deep.  The nib is a EXTRA fine, but writes quite nicely.  Restored.

Pen #3194         Sheaffer   Valiant snorkel          $147
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: Forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: snorkel
Point:  marked M6 = medium	Imprint:	Size:  5.55"
COMMENTS:   Snorkels don't need any introduction do they?   They're found all  over the place, and may be a close 2nd to the Parker 51 for pen sales.  They followd Sheaffers Touch Down pens, but added the snorkel so that the only time you needed to dip the pen in ink was the first time you filled it.  After that, just the snorkel tube, which eliminated the need to wipe the nib off after filling.  Very clean, no dents, no dings, no brassing...  clean inside too.  The nib is marked M6, which means that it's a medium nib with the palladium mask on the tip.  The flaw in the pen is that the clip wiggles.  A nice writing pen, fully restored.

Pen #3205        Sheaffer  Clipper snorkel          $137
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: Forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: snorkel
Point:  fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.55"
COMMENTS:  Snorkels don't need any introduction, so I won't with this one.  Except to point out that it has a fine, nice writing palladium silver nib. Nice and clean inside, fully restored.

Pen #3204      Sheaffer  Thin Model Touchdown       $137
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: Forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: Touchdown
Point: fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.38"
COMMENTS:  Fooled ya!  It looks like a snorkel, but its not.  It's the slightly older sibling of the snorkel, making it's entrance in the pen market in 1950.  The Thin Model (TM) touchdown opens replaced the short lived "fat" touchdowns after just one year of production, and about 2 years before the snorkel.  All of the snorkel design elements are there, except of course the snorkel filling system. Caps are interchangeable, colors (at least at the start) identical, but because room isn't needed for the spring, threaded sac guard and all that, it's a little shorter.  This is a nice writing, very clean pen  Restored, of course!

Pen #3177  Sheaffer TM Touchdown  $137
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: Forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:   Touchdown
Point:   Extra Fine	Imprint:  none	Size:  5.27"
COMMENTS:  Sheaffer moved away from their plunger filler mechanism in 1948 with the introduction of their pneumatic Touchdown  filling system.  It still filled the pen with one stroke, but using air pressure to squeeze the sac, instead of a vacuum to pull ink into the pen.  The "Fat" TD pens were made for one year - 1948.  The TM version was introduced in 1949 and ran for a while when Sheaffer introduced the snorkel pens which had the same external design, but with design differences to accommodate the snorkel filling system.  This one is freshly restored.  No imprint on the barrel, and there is a very small off center dent in the top of the cap and a couple of shallow tooth marks on the blind cap.  Still, a nice pen!

Pen #3175   Sheaffer Admiral    $147
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: Forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:  Touchdown
Point:   extra fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.1"
COMMENTS:  The Admiral dates from the late 1940s, and overlaps with the introduction of the TM Touchdown pens.  About the same diameter as a standard Balance, it's almost the same as the Craftsman, the main difference being the wide band VS the wire band, and a two tone #5 Feather Touch nib vs a 33 nib.  Like the Touchdown pens, it has a spring loaded clip.  Nice transparency on the barrel.  The nib is a nice writing extra fine.  Freshly restored.

Pen #3193   Sheaffer Targa 1003 BP and Pencil set   Stickered!     $47
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  Matte Lacquer                over brass
Nib condition:	Flaws: none	Filler: ballpoint and pencil
Point:   BP	Imprint: N/A	Size:  5.1 "
COMMENTS:   Sheaffer 1003 matte black/gold plated trim  BP and Pencil set released in 1980.  No flaws, sticker on the back of the "cap" on pen and pencil, corner tag and the papers under the pad. I've installed a Monteverdi replacement refill in the BP so that you can use the ballpoint,. but the original refill is under the pad.  The box is in excellent condition.  The Monteverdi refill writes better than the original Sheaffer refills did, but they are just a little long, so I shorten the top of the plug the depth of the notch in the plug.

Pen #3199   Sheaffer  Reminder Clip BP and Pencil set   Stickered!     $27
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  chrome plated
Nib condition:	Flaws: none	Filler: ballpoint and pencil
Point:   BP	Imprint: N/A	Size:  5.1 "
COMMENTS:   One of those items that you hate to pass over when you see them.... This is a very clean Sheaffer "reminder clip" ballpoint and pencil set.  "What the heck is that?"  A 70s design,, the BP design makes it impossible to clip the pen in your shirt pocket with the refill extended.  To move the point forward, you press on the forward end of the BP clip, putting it flush with the barrel.  To retract, you press on the back end of the clip at the white dot.  Simple and effective.  As far as I can tell it's never been used.  The set is in the original box with the banner, paperwork and original refill.  I've inserted a modern Monteverde refill made for Sheaffer ballpoints.  You'll find the original in the box with the pen and pencil.  ...and yes, the refill's flat back end works just fine with this pen.

Pen #3166  Parker 97    $67
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: Stainess steel
Nib condition: NOS	Flaws: none	Filler: cartridge/converter            squeeze converter included
Point: medium gold plated	Imprint:  crisp	Size:  5.75"
COMMENTS:  .The Parker 95 was made from 1988 to 1994, and was produced in the UK, USA and France. This one was made in the US.  The pen has a NOS nib unit installed, and a squeeze converter.

Pen #3138  Parker 15   Flighter   $57
Overall Grade: mint, NOS	Metal: excellent	Material:  stainless steel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  NONE!	Filler: cartridge/converter             converter included
Point: medium	Imprint:	Size:  4.8"
COMMENTS:  I haven't seen these pens before I found some at the recent Ohio Show.  The only reference that I've found that is close is on the Tony Fischier's parkerpens.net website.  These were made in France, but match his description of a pen that is close in design to the Parker 45 with the identical clip and tassie. Likely sold in the UK as a high quality student pen, the Fligher was not advertised.. This design started production in 1980.  No markings other than the Parker logo and "Made in France."  I won't call it rare, but certainly uncommon with this cap configuration.   This is a slender pen, plastic section, steel nib, gold trim.  The cap clutch and clutch fingers quite similar to those of the Parker 75.   It comes with a modern Parker piston converter.  This pen is true mint.  Please tell us that you want the pen tested and nib smoothed when you order, otherwise the pen will be shipped as is, i,e,  mint, unfilled or tested.

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