I.d. Help Needed - Sheaffer Triumph With Lever Fill

[drtomprice]

Morning all! I need some help identifying this Sheaffer I just restored. I'm thinking this is a 1946-48 Valiant, but I'm not quite sure. It's a triumph nib, but uses a lever fill. Opaque black plastic body and cap with gold trim if pictures don't come out right on your screen.

 

 

Distinguishing features

1) Multi-threaded section (took a few tries to get the lever lined up correctly.

2) Opaque section (no ink-view).

3) 3/8" gold filled cap band.

4) Length caped is 5 1/4"

5) Price mark is "1250"

6) Of course, amazing Triumph nib in 14k with "Lifetime" marking.

7) Barrel girth is wider than contemporary Sheaffer pens I have like the Statesman.

8) Lever moves VERY smoothly - just enough resistance to tell it's actuating the bar, but no ratcheting, friction or other "unpleasantness."

 

 

 

[joss]

That looks like a Sheaffer Valiant indeed, 1946-48. If I am correct, the lever fill version came in black only.

 

The hemostatic clamp was likely used for the pen surgery?

[drtomprice]

That looks like a Sheaffer Valiant indeed, 1946-48. If I am correct, the lever fill version came in black only.

 

The hemostatic clamp was likely used for the pen surgery?

 

Thank you!

 

Fortunately, the pressure bar was perfectly fine and the hemostat was not needed. I don't usually try to remove the lever and bar if it's not necessary for function.

 

However, it was used to remove and replace 2 fully corroded Esterbrook J bars the same day, so did not get the day off (I think those things just rust if you breathe on them!)

Edited December 19, 2018 by drtomprice

[Lazard 20]

Hi, Valiant II made from March 1, 1945, to September 1, 1947.