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Pen #3265       Sheaffer 1001 Targa          $67
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  brushed stainess steel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:  cartridge/converter              converter included
Point:   extra fine steel	Imprint:	Size:  5.4"
COMMENTS :   The Targa is one of those pens that defines a brand.  The inlaid nib first appeared in the Sheaffer Imperials and PFM pens in the 1960s.  The Targa made it's appearance in about 1976 in this finish.  I bought my first one, a 1001 like this in 1980 at a Penn Traffic store in DuBois, Pa.  I was making peanuts, but I didn't resist at all, and bought the matching pen and pencil some time in the next year.  They're tough pens. I still have mine 46 years later.   We picked this one up recently, and have given it a good going over.  Cleaned and the nib smoothed.  The clip had some scuff marks on it, so a new one has been installed along with a new cap clutch to that the cap snaps firmly onto the pen.  IThe brushed finish refreshed.  It comes with a piston converter.  It's a duplicate though, so I'm making it available.  Nice, reliable, EDC pen.

Pen #3255   Sheaffer  Wartime Triumph Crest   $267
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: Celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:  Plunger filler
Point:   fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.4"
COMMENTS:  Sheaffer designed the Triumph pen in the months leading up to WWII.  The notice about the new pen went out to the dealers about a month after Pearl Harbor.  Then Sheaffer introduced it to the public with a double page (double truck) in  THE center of Time Magazine in July of 1942.  Expensive, but it allowed them to show the ad without a seam in the middle.   A seriously cool ad for a seriously cool pen.  This one is in really nice condition.  The cap has a some bumps on the clip and small dents on the top of the cap. No tooth marks, smooth nib, moderate transparency  and freshly restored with our long life rubber materials that are both both chemical and wear resistant.

Pen #3257   Sheaffer  Triumph Desk Pen   $147
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: Celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:  Plunger filler
Point:   fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.4"
COMMENTS:  Sheaffer sold a lot of desk pens back in the day.  I won't say that everybody had one on their desk, but having a pen at your work station saved you from hunting in your pockets, or under a pile of papers for the pen you put down.  The was right there, right in front of you,  This pen has been waiting for the right base for some time now.  It's a very clean pen, nice fine nib, crisp imprint, and really nice transparency.  Nice, matching color on the trumpet and the pen.   The plunger filler fills completely on one stroke.  The only flaw of note are some very fine scratches on the band of the trumpet.  That the pen fills so well means of course that it has been restored with our high grade, long life rubber materials.

Pen #3260   Sheaffer 873 Balance II    SOLD
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  Plastic
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:  Cartridge/converter             piston converter included
Point:  14K  extra fine	Imprint:  NA	Size:  5.2"
COMMENTS:  The Sheaffer Balance II pens were introduced in 1998, and came in 3 basic solid colors, and 4 marbled finishes.  The marbled pens were made of a compressed acrylic that has a proclivity towards cracking. The solid colors are much more stable and durable.  Interesting side note is that the modern Balance pens share the same section/internal barrel threads as the Connaisseur and No Nonsense pens, which means that if you wanted to, you could put a NN nib in a Balance, or the other way around.  The basic pens in green, black and blue have a 14K monotone nib and a single trim ring. I find the curved section to be especially nice to write with.  This pen is nearly new, but not NOS.  It has a nice writing extra fine.  The pen comes with a piston converter.  I have a box with the papers if you want it, but the box is pretty beat on the outside, just saying...

Pen #3240      Venus Presidential    $137
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: lever
Point:  fine	Imprint:  weak	Size:  5.3"
COMMENTS:    I will admit that when I see the name "Venus" I think of nibs that were made at the end of the Esterbrook brand.  Steel nibs that would screw into an Esterbrook, but  "Meh" at best. I don't think about the pens.   But not this pen.  The brown striped celluloid reminds me of a Moore.  The cap posts firmly on the barrel, the barrel fitting in nice and deep, and stays in the cap.  I don't know that I've had a cap that posts with a more satisfying feel.  The nib is a smooth 14K nib, and no, "plated" is not hidden down by the section - it's gold.  The nib is slit slightly off center, but it still writes auite nicely.  No brassing, dents, tooth marks cracks.  Just a nice, solid, freshly restored pen.

Pen #3264        Parker 45       SOLD
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  plastic
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: Cartridge/converter             converter included
Point:  14K medium	Imprint:	Size:  5.37"
COMMENTS:    Parker's 45 has a lot of interesting history behind it.  The design started out  at Eversharp, which Parker bought in 1957.  The pen developed into the 45.  I found one pen (now in Richard's posession) that bears both the Eversharp and Parker names,  Aimed at the student pen market the pen cost $2.98, and competed with pens made by Sheaffer, Wearever and others.  But it's a quality pen, made of a plastic that doesn't crack, with a nib that can easily be changed by unscrewing it from the section,  You can still find a wide range of nib sizes on the market from extra fine to broad and italics.  The 45  also introduced Parker's cartridge filling system.  I've had more thatn one come in for repair with a note from the owner saying that they used this pen all through college, grad school, med school...  and they still used it.  We have two identical pens to offer.  Both are in pristine condition, both have really nice writing medium 14K nibs.    I've installed an early squeeze converter upgraded with PVC sacs.  If you're interested in the history of the pen Richard Binder has a great article that's worth reading. Two pens available

Pen #3239 Sheaffer Tuckaway   $177
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:   plunger
Point:   extra fine 14K	Imprint: excellent	Size:  4.4"
COMMENTS:    Sheaffer's Tuckaway was introduced in 1940 and bore little resemblance the this one except it was.. short.  The one we're more familiar with was the War Time Tuckaway with the wide cap band, and no clasp, in 1942.  This version with the narrow cap band, clasp and single lead nib thread was introduced right after the war - 1946-47.  Clasp you say, that's that?  That's what Sheaffer called the clip on this pen, a clasp, not a military clip.  Like it's older siblings the section is bonded to the barrel with celluloid that matched.  Note that the pattern does not continue on the other side of the metal thread ring.  A nice, fully restored pen with an extra fine nib.  No brassing or tooth marks, just a nice clean pen that will fit well (and stay  in) those ridiculously small shirt pockets that they put on men's shirts today.  Or a good pocket pen, or vest pocket pen, or....

Pen #3247        Sheaffer Tuckaway        $177
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:   plunger
Point:   extra fine 14K	Imprint: excellent	Size:  4.4"
COMMENTS:    The Sheffer Tuckaways came in different configurations. The wire band right after WWII, the wider band of this pen was the Valiant.  Note that both of them have striped sections which are fused to the barrel, the thread ring held captive between the barrel and section.   The Triumph nib was considered to be a better nib than the open nib pens - more rigid and tougher.  Note that you can see the plunger rod through the clear stripe in the barrel.  Not brand new transparency, but pretty good!   Tuckaways aren't designed for writing an epistle, the travel of the plunger rod is maybe  1 1/4" so less ink capacity than their larger brethren.  Fully restored.

Pen #3253 Sheaffer Tuckaway   $147
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:   plunger
Point:   fine 14K	Imprint: excellent	Size:  4.4"
COMMENTS:    The open nib Tuckaway is a bit unusual.  With an open nib, you'd expect it to be a non-lifetime pen with no white dot.  But there were no non-lifetime Tuckaways, so the white dot is correct.... except that the nib is a later nib not marked Lifetime  These pens have a section that unscrews to reveal the filler unit which is sealed.  Screwed into the barrel as a full unit with nib and plunger rod, they could be used to complete any color pen.  The cap band is a little narrower than the Valiant Tuckaway.  This filler design was used until 1949 when Sheaffer dropped the plunger filler in favor of the Touch Down filling system.   Restored as are all of our pens, and like other plunger fillers the rubber is long life, chemical and wear resistant.

Pen #3238 Crest Deluxe snorkel  $157
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  Forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: snorkel
Point:  M5 = 14K medium	Imprint:  extra fine	Size:  5.3"
COMMENTS:     Decades ago Fred Plewa did a Pen Clips page showing all of the Sheaffer snorkel models with their names and features.  Lots of  little details, and to make matters worse Sheaffer used the same names for different models with totally different designs.   Decades later I still can't remember all of the names, and look at the list to figure out what's in my hand.  The Crest Deluxe  was used about 5 years before the snorkel was introduced for the Valiant size plunger filled pens with the gold filled cap and Triumph nib.  This has the 14K nib, gold filled cap, but is a snorkel.  No brassing.  The cap has the obligitory ding (a small one) on the point of the cap but no others.   My friend Dan Reppert used to joke that if a metal Sheaffer cap didn't have one, it didn't come from Sheaffer.  Note that this comes in the original box with the paperwork.  The previous owner John R Crise autographed the paperwork for you with various forms of his signatuare.  The box is a bit worn, but the pen is in excellent condition.  Freshly restored, filled, tested and ready for you to sample it's medium nib.

Pen #3241        Sheaffer   3-23  ringtop    $147
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: lever
Point: extra fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  4.57"
COMMENTS:   I like it when you get a pen that is in such nice condition that it gives you a glimpse in glory of the pen when new.  The 3-25 was a $3 pen with a 25 year warranty.  The body and cap of the pen is the same size as the standard Jr Flat top, but nib and feed are smaller.  The short section puts the pen at about 1926 when Sheaffer started to make celluloid pens.  No cracks or tooth marks, no brassing.  The imprint is crisp and deep.  Just restored too.

Pen #3244   NOS 80s  Cross Century    $47
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: matte lacquer over brass
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: cartridge/converter
Point: fine gold plated	Imprint:	Size:  4.57"
COMMENTS:    A classic from the late 80s/early 90s.  They were everywhere.  Remember David Weiss or Service Merchandise.  I had the complete set in black with gold trim.  They were part of the "skinny pen" phase.  This pen is true NOS, mint, never filled or used.  It comes in the original box, with the original papers, converter and cartridges in their box.  The cartridges dried ou t a long time ago, but you likely could fill them with boiled water (after it's cooled) and use them.  Three are available, and may or not arrive with the tags shown in the picture.  I can fill and test before I mail it out, but once filled the order can not be cancelled or the pen returned.  The pen is a slip fit cap that is held by the clutch bumps in the inner cap.  Three pen available, all in gray.

Pen #3252   Cross Coventry   $47
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  Chrome plated                  gold plated trim
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:  cartridge/converter               converter included
Point:   fine	Imprint:	Size:  5.5"
COMMENTS :  One of the more current production Cross pens, the Coventry is bigger and longer than the Cross Century, but thinner than the Townsend.  Gold plated trim, cartridge/converter filled.  The pen has a nice writing fine steel nib. No dents, no scratches or brassing.

Pen #3262   Faber Castell Design Ambition     $47
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material:  plastic
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: cartridge/converter            converter included
Point:  medium steel IPG	Imprint:	Size:  5.5"
COMMENTS: This is a cool pen. It's about the diameter of a Sheaffer Targa and a bit longer.  The section is the silver ring at the front.  The cap holds onto the barrel, either end, with a very firm SNAP.  A nice strong clip.  The original nib corroded though and the cost of a replacement Faber Castell nib is ridiculous.  This IPG nib I think came from a True Writer.  Very nice writing and pleasantly smooth.   It arrived without a converter, and the standard Schmid converters don't fit into the barrel, but a Kaweco mini-converter does, so that's what is installed.

Pen #3242    Eversharp Skyline    $147
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid cap            polystyrene barrel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:  lever
Point:    fine	Imprint:  NA	Size:  4.8"
COMMENTS:  Introduced in 1940 by Eversharp  the design hit as the Streamlined craze was in full swing by Henry Drefuss - the designer of the New York Central's 20th Century Limited.  The cap is celluloid, the barrel and derby polystyrene.  The stripes, barrel are dark green, and derby looks more like black, though it could be a darker green..  This pen is the smaller Demi size, the nib a very firm fine.  There is some transparency to the window in the section.  No dents, no brassing, no cracks.  The lever is clean.  This pen has the breather tube, and Eversharp recommended 5 cycles of the lever to completely fill the pen.  The pen is restored, of course.

Pen #3243  Eversharp Skyline    $167
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  cap celluloid             barrel polystyrene
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:  lever
Point:   extra fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.2"
COMMENTS:   By some accounts, the Skyline was made in more versions than the Parker 51.  They sure were popular. The Executive was quite a big pen.  I've had one in all the years I've been in business.  This is the standard size pen.  Burgundy derby and barrel, and the red striped cap.  The nib is a firm extra fine.  Maybe a little hint of spring, but far from flex.  No brassing, the lever is clean.  There is a little bit of a wrinkle on the side of the clip, out of view in this picture.  The pen is restored.

Pen #3201         Sheaffer   3-25  Slender Flat top       $117
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    $147
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 #3251    Sheaffer Touchdown  Imperial     $157
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: acrylic
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:   Touchdown              PVC sac installed
Point:   14K XF	Imprint:	Size:  5.4"
COMMENTS:    This is an interesting pen.  Gray Imperials are uncommon,  I hesitate to say rare, but I haven't seen many of them,  The engraving is interesting too,  I have a Chinese friend who translated it for me a few years ago.  His summaryt:  "To put all information together, this pen is a gift from the China Shipbuilding Corporation in commemoration of the contract signing of the 1608 TEU container ship on May 29th, 1978."  The pen is restored with a PVC sac installed.  The cap likely has been replaced, but still from a TD pen.

Pen #3259   Sheaffer Commandant military clip pen   $127
Overall Grade: Extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:  plunger
Point:   XF #3	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  4.75"
COMMENTS:  Sheaffer made the military clip pens in 4 flavors.  Two white dot/Lifetime pens one standard, one slender, and two non-white dot, non-lifetime models again one standard size, one slender.   This one is the last on the list; slender, not white dot and an extra fine 14K #3 nib  There is a little brassing on the tip of the clip, but that's it..  The plunger filler is completely restored with our high grade, long life (as in chemical and wear resistant) rubber materials.

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 #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 #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 95     SOLD
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.

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