What Can You Tell Me About The Sheaffer Imperial Line?

[takkun]

Last week, I found Peyton Street Pens' eBay store, which is a dangerous road to go down. I ended up buying one of their NOS Sheaffers, in particular, a touchdown-fill Imperial II deluxe. Still has the price tag and instructions, but with new seals and sac. It was waiting for me (or was I waiting for it?) when I got back from Canada yesterday. Loaded it up, and fired off a few postcards, and man, is it a smooth writer.

 

I know that the line evolved from the PFM line in the prior decade, but I'm baffled by the different variations in nibs and filling systems. Or even just the difference between the Imperial and Deluxe lines.

 

Can anyone give me a quick rundown, and maybe some of the contemporary models Sheaffer offered at the time?

 

Thanks!

[Minty]

I bought my Sheaffer Imperial in 1973 in Richmond, Va. It cost $5.00 American & I still use it as a daily writer. In fact, I still have the original converter, box & instruction sheet. All these years it has only been fed Sheaffer cartridges & it has always worked just fine.

 

Don't start vast projects with half-vast ideas.

[icardoth]

Have a look at:

 

http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Sheaffer/Sheaffer.htm

http://captainchang.com/pens/sheaffer.html

http://www.sheaffertarga.com/

[welch]

Peyton Street is one of the best guides to the many types of Imperial. I don't think Sheaffer, themselves, kept track of the model numbers! Then there are the "quasi-imperials"...

[terim]

We just got a new batch of Imperial/quasi-Imperials, perfect new old stock.

 

444

444xg

506xg

550

 

I've got the 550s, 444 and 444xg loaded on the web site. I'll add the 506xg after I get back from the PPPC meeting today.

 

See our FB page for updates.

 

Teri