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Montblanc owner and lover Vintage

Montblanc owner and lover

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has it to be say?sheaffer snorkel valiant of course ;)

A people can be great withouth a great pen but a people who love great pens is surely a great people too...

Pens owned actually: MB 146 EF;Pelikan M200 SE Clear Demonstrator 2012 B;Parker 17 EF;Parker 51 EF;Waterman Expert II M,Waterman Hemisphere M;Waterman Carene F and Stub;Pilot Justus 95 F.

 

Nearly owned: MB 149 B(Circa 2002);Conway Stewart Belliver LE bracket Brown IB.

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For purely personal reasons, my father's Snorkel Sentinel (burgundy barrel) that I had restored a few years back. I think the Touchdown filling system was the better/simpler filling system when all is said and done, but have an affection for my father's old Snorkel.

 

The 1970's era c/c Imperials were really great pens as well. Exceptionally smooth writers.

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rapid_butterfly Near Mint

rapid_butterfly

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Though I have a few NOS 60s and 70s Sheaffers, I've come to view the early 30s simple, lever-fill black Balance which I got restored and with a (slightly later) .5 CI no. 33 nib from Richard Binder as close to perfection in a workhorse fountain pen. It's actually the only of my Sheaffers currently inked.

 

-mina

Where your eyes go, the car goes. - Garth Stein

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ashbridg Extremely Rare

ashbridg

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Finally I narrowed it down to one: the 1948 Vac-Fil.

 

These pens have a wide girth, an internal ink cartridge, and an oversize Triumph nib. They are the most difficult pens to restore, but the payoff is worth it. Sheaffer only produced this model for about a year. I think the nibs on these pens are some of the best Sheaffer ever made. There is always one in my pocket.

 

http://ashbridg.com/vacs1948_600.jpg

1948 Vac-Fils: A Crest, two Valiants, and a Tuckaway

Carpe Stilo

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Vipersdad Mint

Vipersdad

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Valiant with a medium Triumph nib loaded with Tanzanite. The pen is a "butter smooth" writer.

"Hey, Cameron. You realize if we played by the rules right now we'd be in gym?"

 

. . . . Ferris B.

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ThomasB Donor Pen

ThomasB

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Here is mine...PFM III AUTOGRAPH with a STUB nib

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/tbickiii/capped-2.jpg

 

Here is a close-up of the band

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/tbickiii/band.jpg

 

And the nib

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/tbickiii/nib-1.jpg

Thomas
Baton Rouge, LA
(tbickiii)

Check out my ebay pen listings:   tbickiii's Vintage Fountain Pens

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ThomasB Donor Pen

ThomasB

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Thomas, Is that a factory stub?

 

Yes, it is a factory stub. IMHO, the PFM Stub nibs are the best ever made and resemble more of a cursive italic nib than a conventional stub. Same with the Legacy stubs as well

Thomas
Baton Rouge, LA
(tbickiii)

Check out my ebay pen listings:   tbickiii's Vintage Fountain Pens

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ThomasB

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You are saying its the same stub as the Legacy stub(which I own one) its pretty crisp but once you find that sweet spot its super smooth.

close. The PFM stubs have a little more "crispness" about them

Thomas
Baton Rouge, LA
(tbickiii)

Check out my ebay pen listings:   tbickiii's Vintage Fountain Pens

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I have the Legacy II with an 18K nib, a green Balance Jr., and 2 Admirals. I can't decide which I like better because each one is so unique and the writing experience is very different for each one. I love the alternating bars of translucent and opaque shades of green of the Balance. I like the heft and butter smooth nib of the Legacy II. The reliable and light-weight Admirals are used almost daily for quick notes.

 

What I like best about the my Sheaffers is that they will all start to write immediately, even if they haven't been used in a few days. They are beautiful, dependable, durable and are still being used over 60 years after they were made.

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GardenCity-NY Rare

GardenCity-NY

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A recently restored (Thanks Ron Zorn!) 1938 black balance oversize with abalone pearl. It was my grandfathers!

JC3

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Fernan Vintage

Fernan

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In 1960, my parents gave me a PFM I, when I started high school.

 

I still use the pen as part of my rotation; works really well.

 

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2731/4282851829_5244fd333e_b.jpg

 

 

 

A few years ago, my mother gave me my dad's pen and pencil set. Once in a while, once every year for a few weeks, I'll take it out and fill it up a few times. Really good writer.

 

 

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4017/4295577473_5cb843aee2_b.jpg

 

 

My Targa is also a good writer. Love to use it from time to time. (No picture for this one)

 

It's about time for me to put my Jade Flattop back into rotation... maybe early next year. (Should take a picture of this one when I take it out again - will post it then)

 

Other Sheaffer pens mostly remain in the collection: rarely use them. Too many pens to choose from -- which is why I have suspended my collection activities for the past few months.

Fernan

 

http://fernancarriere.com/

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kimsdad Near Mint

kimsdad

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I know it is a tiny bit off topic, but it is one of my favorite Sheaffer's items.http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r50/jameslawson1/IMG_0182_zps2e4e38f2.jpg

Then these two, the mottled one it think was one which was from the model shop but never went into production, or at least that is what Dan Reppert thought.

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r50/jameslawson1/IMG_0186_zps58987eb2.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r50/jameslawson1/IMG_0185_zps44d93ad3.jpg

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Joe in Seattle Antique

Joe in Seattle

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A marine green balance with a factory stub nib. Sweet writer.

"how do I know what I think until I write it down?"

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kimsdad Near Mint

kimsdad

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This is the close up of the nib on the pictured Balance and the end of the mottled pictured above.

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r50/jameslawson1/IMG_0183_zps6eee26e2.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r50/jameslawson1/IMG_0187_zpsfa6db523.jpg

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Roger W. Antique

Roger W.

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This is the close up of the nib on the pictured Balance and the end of the mottled pictured above.

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r50/jameslawson1/IMG_0183_zps6eee26e2.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r50/jameslawson1/IMG_0187_zpsfa6db523.jpg

 

Is there any other imprint on the mottled Sheaffer?

 

Roger W.

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RMN Museum Piece

RMN

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Sheaffer Connaisseurs. They are my favourite pens bar none. Beautiful, great nibs and CC fillers which is a great plus for me. A few Conns. in a pen case and some spare cartridges in a Sheaffer Brass cartridge holder case and I am good to go.

 

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I don't like demonstrators, remind me too much of syringes - unless they are blue :) . The silver set is a FP and prototype pencil.

 

Stay well,

Solomon

 

Lovely collection.

 

My Connaisseur is my favourite Sheaffer as well. Although I would very much like one of these CP4s with a stub-nib. {Not until I win the lottery, probably....)

 

D.ick

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KEEP SAFE, WEAR A MASK, KEEP A DISTANCE.

Freedom exists by virtue of self limitation.

~

 

 

 

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kimsdad Near Mint

kimsdad

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Roger, the imprint is so faint, I cannot photograph it. It is the one with an S which resembles a Swastika and has an arrow through it. Does that help? I thought about coloring it with a white grease pencil but could not find one, and I don't know if that is really such a good idea.

Are you familiar with the desk base?

Jim

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