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Sheaffer Imperial 827


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I bought this pen earlier this year and have been using it for many months now, so I thought it was a good idea to review it now that I have gotten to know it.

 

This review will be short on images, mainly because of the poor quality that I get from my cellphone.

 

So, on to the pen!

 

I bought this pen from Teri at Peyton street pens, it is a Sheaffer Imperial 827 and New old stock seconds, wich means that is is new old stock with some cosmetic flaws, but the pen still looks amazing, even with some dark spots on the gold plating it is a shiny pen and I have been able to remove some dark spots by very careful polishing.

 

The pen itself is not a large pen, but at little over 5" I would call it medium in size, It is also not heavy, but it has wome weight to it and I think that this makes the pen very comfortable, even for my large hands, I also think that the pen will be comfortable to people with smaller hands.

 

The pen takes cartridges or fills with a converter, wich was included.

 

The pen seems to be balanced very nicely, both posted and not posted, I don't post the caps on any of my pens, but if I was to choose a pen to post out of the ones I have, this would be it.

 

The real star on this pen is the nib, this nib is smooth!

The nib is a 14 Karat gold inlayed nib, wich looks very nice.

It is not only a smooth nib, it is a soft nib that allows for very nice line variation that I hope is visible in the picture that I included.

 

I really love this pen, I think it is definatly worth a look if you want a pen for it's writing performance, because this pen really writes well, I would say it is actually my best writer, but also one of my least expensive pens at 75$.

Of course you have some cosmetic flaws with this pen, and I did have to clean up some residue on the threads (section,barrel) but I think it is well worth it for the way that it writes alone!

 

Thanks Teri, for a nice deal!(no affiliation, but an extremely pleased customer!)

 

I hope I did this review in a way that might be helpful or informative to someone, I am sorry that I did not include more pictures, I may add some more if I get a camera that takes photos of some quality.

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I bought a sterling 827 from Teri and like it very much. The only disatisfaction is that the cap doesn't post securely. Apart from that, the 827 is a very good writer.

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Beautiful pen - love the way it writes.

 

Thanks for the nice review.

Fool me once, shame on you.

Fool me twice; damn

There goes that fox again.

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I have the same pen. The nib can do line variation, but i would not encourage this, might damage the nib because it really is not made to flex!

The build quality is the only drawback to this pen, not that great. But the design and size are superb, and the nib is one of the best i ever tried.

If you have one, my advice is to never sell it :thumbup:

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Just a comment on the line variation, because flex is not something these nibs have very often. Every now and then we'll get one that is a little more relaxed than the others, but for the most part these tend to be soft-feeling dry writers. The ones that are too dry, we send them off to Pendleton Brown and they come back with nice cursive italic cut nibs, and Pendleton has commented that sometimes they develop some flex in the grinding process.

 

Thanks for the review, Odinz!

 

TERI

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Just a comment on the line variation, because flex is not something these nibs have very often. Every now and then we'll get one that is a little more relaxed than the others, but for the most part these tend to be soft-feeling dry writers. The ones that are too dry, we send them off to Pendleton Brown and they come back with nice cursive italic cut nibs, and Pendleton has commented that sometimes they develop some flex in the grinding process.

 

Thanks for the review, Odinz!

 

TERI

 

After having this pen and writing with it ALOT, my experience is that the nib gives effordless line variation, because of the design of the nib unit itself I dare not to push it or apply any real pressure, I am really pleased with what I got though, it is very fun to write with and I would not have expected that I should bond with the pen like this when I ordered it.

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congrats on a nice sheaffer :thumbup:

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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The real star on this pen is the nib, this nib is smooth!

The nib is a 14 Karat gold inlayed nib, wich looks very nice.

It is not only a smooth nib, it is a soft nib that allows for very nice line variation that I hope is visible in the picture that I included.

 

 

Wow, the line variation looks very nice! Is it an Italic or flexible nib?

 

Congrats on the pen! :thumbup:

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