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Hello all. I have recently acquired a presumably gold-filled sheaffer ballpoint pen. However, I have never seen this model before. The entire cap pushes down to extend the refill, and it even takes modern K refills no problem! The pen also has a number on the cap numbered 5428. Anyone else have any knowledge on it? Thanks. Here is a pic. The entire top cap screws off as well but when screwed on is no different from a button click pen.

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Sheaffer Stratowriter.

Did stratowriters ever have white dots? This pen has one on top put into the metal body making me guess that this pen was made in the 50s.

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Did stratowriters ever have white dots? This pen has one on top put into the metal body making me guess that this pen was made in the 50s.

 

The 1950s Stratowriter ballpoints with removable/slip cap had a white dot but your pen is a cap-activated ballpoint.

 

The parts list of the 1959 Service Manual, available from the PCA library, does mention howver the existence of a "slide cap retractable" ballpoint that is "white dot gold filled". Not sure though whether that is your pen.

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The 1950s Stratowriter ballpoints with removable/slip cap had a white dot but your pen is a cap-activated ballpoint.

 

The parts list of the 1959 Service Manual, available from the PCA library, does mention howver the existence of a "slide cap retractable" ballpoint that is "white dot gold filled". Not sure though whether that is your pen.

Seems like this model was very limited if it came out around the same time as the introduction of the reminder clip ballpoints and PFM/Imperial style pens. The cap doesn't slip on but it is threaded. The threads themselves move independently inside of the top cap when I push down the top. Its pretty cool.

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The cap doesn't slip on but it is threaded. The threads themselves move independently inside of the top cap when I push down the top. Its pretty cool.

 

Yes, it looks similar to the cap-activating mechanism that Parker had introduced ca 1954 on their Parker "51" ballpoint.

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