Can anyone identify my late Dad's pen please? The short clip made me think "Compact" but it's 5 and 1/8 inches long capped. Also it's a white spot but it's not gold nibbed and as I understand it the white spot Compacts were. Then I thought it was an Imperial but it's got the arrowhead nib and the short clip.

Please help. I can't stay up until 3am again searching. I'm new to penhunitng. It's quite compulsive isn't it?

Steve

I think that's a Sheaffer Triumph Imperial ... I have one very similar with the "Arrowhead" Cutout Inlaid nib -- same cap, but the barrel on mine is black. I bought mine on eBay, not knowing what I was buying. But for $4.00, I figured the risk was low.

(See photos below.)










Check this link for more info: http://penhero.com/PenGallery/Sheaffer/She...mphImperial.htm

Thank you girlieg33k. That looks like it. Back in the early 'sixties (possibly late 'fifties) someone bought my dad a lovely black pen that my early-hours research has shown me was a PFM. Being an engineer he was fascinated by the snorkel action. I was very young at the time and it felt like holding a tree trunk to me! Don't know what happened to it. Possibly it finally gave up the ghost and he replaced it with the one I have now.


Thanks again for your help.
Steve

You're welcome, Steve. By the way, I was just browing eBay, and saw this in case you were wondering what they're going for...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...18174%26fvi%3D1

Granted this listing is for NOS, but I think the $4.00 I paid for mine was a total fluke.

Can't id it, but in case you didn't find these sites in your search, try fossicking through

www.penhero.com

and

www.richardspens.com

Best

Michael

who thinks it looks like some variety of Sheaffer Imperial

OOOH! That looks like what I believe is a Shaeffer (Triumph?) Imperial 440, by the shape of its nib inlay and the slightly shorter stubby barrel end.

It seems Sheaffer had a bewildering number of names for very similar pens, but I had one just like yours for years and still miss it---it's truly a great pen. Thanks for the pic!

Hisnibs.com had a few of these for sale (sadly the wrong nib size for me) at <http://www.hisnibs.com/imperials.htm> but the page hasn't been accessible recently.

Regards, Eric.