Rare
Posted 03 December 2019 - 08:09
I have recently acquired at a pen show a vintage Sheaffer Targa which appears to me to be brushed stainless steel with chrome white dot clip, 14k gold inlaid nib and older style original squeeze bar converter.
Two questions.
How do I confirm if it ss and not brushed chrome?
Did Sheaffer produce a Targa with chrome trim and gold nib or do I have a mixed bag?
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Posted 03 December 2019 - 09:05
Get it looked at by a metallurgy lab, I guess, if you want to leave no doubt about it?
Unfortunately, www.sheaffertarga.com appears inaccessible at the moment, so it's pretty hard to for you to pore over the information on that site and make a best guess (without any actual confirmation as to the answer to your first question).
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Museum Piece
Posted 03 December 2019 - 14:12
Check SheafferTarga.com for the list of models and finishes. Its a great resource.
Not all of the brushed finishes are stainless steel. Some are brushed, plated brass. The brushed stainless was introduced in 1980, the brushed chrome 1989.
You do get to where you can see the difference in the finish, but the tip off is that the brushed chrome pens have a metal thread bushing on the barrel, while the brushed stainless pens do not - the threads are part of the barrel liner. Having said that, a standard repair that I make if the barrel liner cracks or breads, is to remove part of the plastic barrel liner and install one of the metal thread bushings. But in general I think its safe to say that the stainless barrels don't have the thread bushing.
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Posted 03 December 2019 - 23:48
Thanks for the guidance.
I have checked the site and cannot find a 1000/1001 with CP trim and gold nib. In both brushed chrome or brushed ss.
Do I have frankenpen?
Edited by vicpen123, 03 December 2019 - 23:49.
Museum Piece
Posted 04 December 2019 - 01:49
True, chrome trim should have a steel nib. Both nibs write equally well, but if I got one of these with a gold nib, I wouldn't complain. The difference in value is not insignificant.
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Posted 04 December 2019 - 02:46
Thanks.
I think the cost was based on steel nib so I will not complain and enjoy the pen.
