Desk Set Holder For Slim Targa?

[trauha]

I would like to use my Sheaffer Slim Targa 'desk-set style'. Was there ever a desk cap / receptacle / cup / holder / socket made for the Slim Targa? Failing that what might be the next best alternative? A DIY job - gluing the cap to some onyx?

 

Thanks

Edited November 30, 2014 by trauha

[3rdlakerobert]

On the Internet, you can find quite a variety of sizes and styles of "tulips," pen holders that mount on desk sets. Just google. The attachments vary, but you can usually find something that'll work somehow.

 

The other possiblity is eBay in the Sheaffer category of Collectibles. Search for "caps" if you want to try a DIY tulip. You'll have trouble getting the clip off, I can tell you that.

Edited November 30, 2014 by Robert111

[barleycorn]

I have a Targa BP desk set that holds a single pen. The barrel of the pen is lengthened in the style of a desk pen. I seen both BP and pencils in this form. The pen inserts into a barrel the same diameter as a FP, which does fit. The stop is shaped like a cone to hold the BP tip. If you found one of these, the stop might be removeable to allow the FP to click into place.

[sexauerw]

I have two single Targa-style desk sets and three doubles. I tried out all of them with one of my slim Targa fountain pens. One of the double sets had oversize sockets and let the pen slide all the way down until it rested on its nib. Not good! All of the others fit better and kept the pen from sliding all the way down, but none of them looked like they would do a good job of keeping the nib from drying out.

 

I have never seen a desk set designed for a Targa fountain pen of either size, classic or slim. The Targa-style desk sets that I have are all for ballpoints and pencils. And I've only seen desk models of those in stainless steel or gold fluted models.

[trauha]

On the Internet, you can find quite a variety of sizes and styles of "tulips," pen holders that mount on desk sets. Just google. The attachments vary, but you can usually find something that'll work somehow.

 

The other possiblity is eBay in the Sheaffer category of Collectibles. Search for "caps" if you want to try a DIY tulip. You'll have trouble getting the clip off, I can tell you that.

How does the clip come off, if and when it does? Please describe the battle.

[sexauerw]

To remove the clip, you need to remove the clear silicone inner cap. I don't think that can be done without destroying it so you'll need to first obtain a replacement. Once the inner cap is out, you can get to the screw that holds the top ornament and the clip on. That's the easy part.

 

I don't know the details of how to remove the inner cap, nor do I know how to install the replacement. Someone like Ron Zorn would have to speak to the those details. Nor do I know where to purchase a new inner cap.

 

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It seems to me that a Targa would be a poor choice as a desk pen. I think of a desk pen as one that is easily grabbed with one hand and ready to write instantly. But a desk base built on a Targa cap would require that you use one hand to hold the base while the other hand pulls the pen out, else the base would be picked up with the pen. Unless, of course, you bolted the base to your desk!

 

Making a desk base using a tulip not designed for a Targa would almost certainly result in incomplete sealing and would allow the nib to dry out. The pen would not be ready to write when you picked it up.

Edited December 6, 2014 by sexauerw

[trauha]

True words of wisdom sexauerw!! Thanks