Sheaffer...but What Kind?

[mkenn17]

Last week I purchased this Sheaffer (Actually has SHEAFFER'S on the clip) at a local thrift store. I have looked long and hard to find out the type of pen and an approximate year.

 

Here is a pic of the pen with the cap on beside a Pilot Metropolitan. It has a black plastic barrel (Sheaffer's - Made in USA on it) and a gold thin metal cap with clip (Sheaffer's on it):

 

 

The closest I could find was that this is possibly a standard school pen that was made in the late 1950's to early 1960's.

 

It does have a hooded nib which kind of throws things off a bit (the nib has Sheaffer USA on it):

 

 

It is a very light pen that uses cartridges so I'm guessing it would not be too valuable:

 

 

It writes pretty well after being flushed out and cleaned up a bit. Any help you could provide would be great! Thanks!

 

Edited May 24, 2016 by mkenn17

[Ernst Bitterman]

 

It looks like you've got one with gold plating on cap and point (unless that's just a lighting matter), and that might throw off the ID. Barring that though, you could call it a Stylpoint Skripsert without much fear of contradiction.

[mkenn17]

Thanks for the response!

 

It is gold plated on both the cap and the nib.

 

Any idea what something like it is worth? Curious if I got a decent deal!

[ThirdeYe]

The actual model name of that pen is the Sheaffer Gold Pep. I have one that I bought NOS and it had the original chalk marks on it with the price and model name. Nice pen, but not very valuable. Maybe $15-20? Mine writes fantastic.

[Ernst Bitterman]

It's funny how sometimes you're happy to be wrong, isn't it?

 

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