I was looking through my late grandfather's things and found this pen, among others. It is clipless. Sports a two-tone nib that is embossed with "Sheaffer Made in USA". When I disassembled it, the feed nipple was simply stuck into a cartridge (long dried-up). This all looks somewhat . . . crude? Does anyone know what this might be? Is it even a Sheaffer?

The pen, uncapped:


Nib, section and barrel:


The disassembled nib, section and feed, with the spent cartridge:


Help?

Its a Lady's Scheaffer, I don't recall the model.

The Section and nib are dirty. Clean it with cool water.

The cartridge is just empty. Throw it out and put in a new one, refill it with bottled ink and a syringe, or get a converter.

Thanks, I guess I had this expectation that the feed would not be so exposed. Didn't know if something broke off or not.

Yep. Lady Skripsert





Available in a substantial color palette. Kim Sosin has a bunch and knows quite a bit about 'em. I get them time to time. They were produced around 1959. The finish is fragile.

Perhaps my niftiest skripser-ish item is the Turky desk base (or is that a grouse, or something) I found on ebay few months back.

Thank you, David, you always come through.

That's quite a desk set. Might that be a pheasant?

StephY!

Those are gorgeous pens. Yours is a Lady Sheaffer Skripsert XII, in Golden Tulle with Mandarin Red Section

See my thread on it here for information and pictures from collectors:
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...showtopic=65185

I have two of these now waiting for me in Boston: the Red Tulle (XIV) from David Isaacson and the Black Tulle (XI) from Richard Binder. Now I want the Ivory Tulle!

How is the condition on yours? Is the lacquer intact?


[reposted from thread linked above]

That's a ringneck pheasant.... first imported to this county by Thomas Jefferson from China...
Probably one of the favorite game birds in the country now and great tasting...
You turkey

The one modern Sheaffer converter I've got won't go down a pen older than a No Nonsense-- it's slightly too wide. By "slightly", I mean you can with a little effort cram it down inside the barrel, but it would take a VAST effort to get it out again (for a wonder, I had the sense to stop trying while there was still plenty to grab onto sticking out the top). Just a word of caution.

Hi QM2, thanks for that information. The condition on the exterior of this pen is really good - there are no dings to speak of. Knowing the kind of person my grandmother was, this does not really surprise me. I've managed to get more dried ink out of the feed and nib, but there is still some stain on the section. Will have to work on that.

I think you will be really pleased to handle these pens when you come back to Utopia.

Steph

Ah ha! I thought that was a pheasant...this thread could be ID the Sheaffer and that bird!

Hi Ernst:

First off, congratulations on the new addition to your family!

Thanks also for the warning. I had a bit of a time getting the spent cartridge out. Fortuitously, I had a package of Dunhill extra length cartridges lying about (bought for my Dunhill Sidecar but didn't fit) and they are the perfect size for it.

Steph