Hi, all
Question about Sheaffer's Vaccum sub-brand. I have one, a bulb-filler marked Vaccum-Fill on the nib and barrel, along with Ft. Madison. I was under the impression that most were also marked with the Ft. Madison location, and were part of the Wasp line. I came across a pen today in what looks almost exactly the one on David I's site... it has "screaming souls in purgatory" celluloid in a grey tone rather than green, the same type clip, lever and band but in nickel plate, and a 2-tone nib marked only "Vaccum, made in USA." The nib is silver on the bottom, gold on the top. The only other marking on it is "Vaccum" on the barrel. Sorry can't post a pic just now, but as it looks amazingly like the one on David's site but has a different imprint, I'm wondering if it's indeed a Sheaffer. Were any released with simply "Vaccum?" Thanks for any help!
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I think I've seen something with a straight Vacuum imprint, but I can't remember what.
QUOTE (coolpenz @ Aug 7 2008, 07:09 PM) 
Hi, all
Question about Sheaffer's Vaccum sub-brand. I have one, a bulb-filler marked Vaccum-Fill on the nib and barrel, along with Ft. Madison. I was under the impression that most were also marked with the Ft. Madison location, and were part of the Wasp line. I came across a pen today in what looks almost exactly the one on David I's site... it has "screaming souls in purgatory" celluloid in a grey tone rather than green, the same type clip, lever and band but in nickel plate, and a 2-tone nib marked only "Vaccum, made in USA." The nib is silver on the bottom, gold on the top. The only other marking on it is "Vaccum" on the barrel. Sorry can't post a pic just now, but as it looks amazingly like the one on David's site but has a different imprint, I"m wondering if it's indeed a heaffer. Were any released with simply "Vaccum?" Thanks for any help!
Question about Sheaffer's Vaccum sub-brand. I have one, a bulb-filler marked Vaccum-Fill on the nib and barrel, along with Ft. Madison. I was under the impression that most were also marked with the Ft. Madison location, and were part of the Wasp line. I came across a pen today in what looks almost exactly the one on David I's site... it has "screaming souls in purgatory" celluloid in a grey tone rather than green, the same type clip, lever and band but in nickel plate, and a 2-tone nib marked only "Vaccum, made in USA." The nib is silver on the bottom, gold on the top. The only other marking on it is "Vaccum" on the barrel. Sorry can't post a pic just now, but as it looks amazingly like the one on David's site but has a different imprint, I"m wondering if it's indeed a heaffer. Were any released with simply "Vaccum?" Thanks for any help!
Screamers and other patterns from the era do appear with simple "VACUUM" imprint on barrel.
regards
david
Thanks, David.
Was there any rhyme or reason as to which pens got which imprints?
Was there any rhyme or reason as to which pens got which imprints?
QUOTE (coolpenz @ Aug 8 2008, 12:54 AM)
Thanks, David.
Was there any rhyme or reason as to which pens got which imprints?
Was there any rhyme or reason as to which pens got which imprints?
One can speculate the imprints on the sub-brands evolved over time, but my exposure to evidence from sheaffer is quite limited, so parallel use I cannot exclude.
My guess is that Vacuum preceded Vacuum-Fill (Fil?), preceded WASP Vacuum FIll. Later catalogue pages reference WASP without any "vacuum component".
regards
david
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