Sheaffer Tm Thin Model Autograph With Music Nib C1950-1951

[PenHero]

Hi, Folks!

This is a re-visit of a Sheaffer TM Thin Model Autograph with Music Nib c1950-1951 I did a write up on in 2010. It came to be from a beat up black Sheaffer Valiant pen with a music nib I discovered in a box 'o pens at an antique store in Maine that I swapped an Autograph cap from a broken pen onto to create one decent overall pen from two beaters.

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The Sheaffer TM or Thin Model was introduced in 1950, replacing the fatter Touchdown line and foreshadowed the size and look of the upcoming Snorkel line in 1952. These are reliable Touchdown filling pens with ink-view windows in the ribbed section. The Autograph model was a special version of the Valiant with a 14 karat gold hallmarked clip and a wide 14 karat gold hallmarked cap band intended for the owner's signature. Sheaffer included a card with the pen where the owner could sign their name, return the card and the pen, and the pen would return with the owner's signature copied onto the cap band. What makes this pen special is the music nib, a special two slit nib type designed to write on music notation paper with a very wide and wet writing stub-like tip. These nibs were hand cut at the factory at an additional cost, and are a rare find. Sheaffer offered sixteen different nib grades on the TM. The Autograph was pricey at $20.00 and the matching pencil was $15.00.

Thanks!

[ink-syringe]

My kingdom for that nib.

 

HOT

[Happy Harry]

A rare nib as mentioned. The other point of interest is the serial number. While uncommon serial numbered nibs are found in the TM TD line and are rare in their own right.