How Do I Know The Place Of Manufacture Of Sheaffer

[subbu68]

Had posted sometime back about a Sheaffer I saw in a Abu Dhabi shop. The only Sheaffer I knew before the research on FPs I started this year were the ones that came with the embedded nib - like the current Legacy series. Searches and FPN replies to my previous thread said such Sheaffer are not made in the lower end ones now. All low ends ones come with normal nib but not this one available in Abu Dhabi.

 

This shop sells CT with Blue / Maroon / Black barrel. There is no country of origin on the nib or the pen. Only a mark M on the section to indicate the nib size. Has a converter included and a black faux leather case.

 

How do I know the model name and also the country of origin?

 

 

[hari317]

Had posted sometime back about a Sheaffer I saw in a Abu Dhabi shop. The only Sheaffer I knew before the research on FPs I started this year were the ones that came with the embedded nib - like the current Legacy series. Searches and FPN replies to my previous thread said such Sheaffer are not made in the lower end ones now. All low ends ones come with normal nib but not this one available in Abu Dhabi.

 

This shop sells CT with Blue / Maroon / Black barrel. There is no country of origin on the nib or the pen. Only a mark M on the section to indicate the nib size. Has a converter included and a black faux leather case.

 

How do I know the model name and also the country of origin?

 

 

do you know the model name or can you flick a pic from the internet and post it here so we can understand which pen you are asking about?

[subbu68]

The show case was just near the door but turned inside so could not snap a picture. Looks like Legacy but with steel cap and nib. Body is plastic.

 

One guy was a bit upset when I told them that this model is no more in production. Was trying to grab a discount if they were NOS. Then I went into the store as if I was going to check something else and spoke to an Indian working there. He said it was new stock fresh delivered!! I saw the same three pens two weeks before - may be I saw new ones.

 

They have M nib so my interest is a bit less now as I find Parker M and Pilot Elite M to be too broad for me. Is Sheaffer M the same width as Parker Vector / 45 M?

Edited October 18, 2014 by subbu68

[hari317]

does this pen have the embedded nib?

[subbu68]

Yeah looks like Imperial Triumph. Getting a brand new one with box and plastic sleeve was a kind of intriguing to me. Any idea of line width of their M nibs.

[hari317]

To answer your original question, if the pens indeed have the inlaid nib (embedded) and look like the triumph 440, then the country of origin will be marked clearly on the cap or heat stamped on the plastic barrel and also marked on the nib's tail in some cases. Just take a closer look.

 

here is an informative article with lots of pics so you can find out which pen:

 

http://www.sheaffertarga.com/Imperial%20and%20Triumph/Imperial%20Write%20Up.html