Vintage Upmarket Sheaffer No-Nonsense Deluxe Fp-Pattern Barrel/cap

[Pincel]

Hello everyone!

I'm not actually new here, have been lurking for more than month. This is my first post.

Today, I got a new pen from the mail. I purchased it from the fleabay (actually, no one I know have ever won anything from the site, all are bought, not won). The pen is described as "Vintage Sheaffer No-Nonsense Deluxe FP - Pattern Barrel/Cap." I looked closely at the picture provided. My gosh, it's an Oldtimer with a herringbone pattern! Is the herringbone what Jim of PenHero describes as Chevron? The item description was accurate enough to attract my attention (only five bidders) but the seller could have done better if he mentioned "Oldtimer." In fact, a few days after the listing, another Oldtimer with a "Grecian Border" was offered for bidding. Again, I, together with nine others, went for it. Sumgai bought it for about $132.00, 50% more than I paid for the Chevron. Maybe another time, again. Am I about to start a collection of Old Timers? What's next, "chase" Miss Connie Herringbone?

Right now, I'm enjoying what I got. The Oldtimer is identical with my Le Bordeaux except for the color and chased pattern. Both don't accept the Sheaffer Piston Converter (#86700), unlike the standard No-Nonsense. I have to fit an old squeeze type converter.

Here's a tip for those wanting an Oldtimer. There's one currently for sale at De Gruijter VOF (www..degruijter-shop.nl/, no affiliation, I don't even speak Dutch),article 436/589: Sheaffer No Nonsense Oldtimer Black GT Vulpen F €49.99. The picture provided is fuzzy, but it appears to be a "flamme" pattern.

 

Ben R.

[jar]

Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell. If the standard Sheaffer piston converter is too long, the Intrigue converter may well fit. I'd try it for you but at the moment I'm Old Timerless.

[Scribblesoften]

Any chance of some photos? Please.

[Pincel]

Any chance of some photos? Please.

Here's Herr Oldti:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7264/7119128315_791287de4e.jpg

[gee09]

Hi Ben,

 

Your correct your Oldtimer is the Herringbone Design, and I beleive the spiral pattern shown below (bottom of the 4 pens) is call the Torsade. I don't know what Sheaffer called the others patterns, I'm still looking for the one Jim called checkerboard, would love to see a picture of that if someones got one in their collection.

 

 

http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab148/ge09/oldtimers-1.jpg

 

http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab148/ge09/greekot.jpg

 

 

 

Cheers

Gary

Edited April 27, 2012 by gee09

[Pincel]

 

http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab148/ge09/oldtimers-1.jpg

 

http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab148/ge09/greekot.jpg

 

 

Hi Gary,

 

In another OlTi thread, you said you have three Old Timers in your collection, viz. Herringbone, Torsade and Diamond. Here you have provided pictures of two more, the Zigzag and the Grecian. Are these two your latest acquisitions? That's 5 out of 6. Congratulations and goodwill hunting for the last one: The Checkerboard!!

 

Ben R

[gee09]

http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab148/ge09/oldtimers-1.jpg

 

http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab148/ge09/greekot.jpg

 

 

Hi Gary,

 

In another OlTi thread, you said you have three Old Timers in your collection, viz. Herringbone, Torsade and Diamond. Here you have provided pictures of two more, the Zigzag and the Grecian. Are these two your latest acquisitions? That's 5 out of 6. Congratulations and goodwill hunting for the last one: The Checkerboard!!

 

Ben R

 

HI Ben,

 

That's correct I now have 5 of the 6 Jim talks about on his website, which leaves me looking for that elusive checkerboard pattern.

 

Cheers

 

Gary

[2GreyCats]

There is a Herringbone Old Timer up on eBay right now, ending in about 1 hour and a half, in case anybody is interested...

 

Item number: 290829368413

[sansenri]

very old thread, but just to complete the information shown regarding the "lost" checkeredboard design of the old timer nononsense

 

see here a photo of the cap (a seller on the bay was selling the cap only...)