More Canadian Sheaffer Strangeness

[pen lady]

Not only did Sheaffer's Canadian factory make lever filled school pens in the 50's, they also had very interesting clip designs the 40's, I've just bought this sweet little example, a short, slender Lifetime Balance in striated Carmine made in Toronto. Judging by the colour, I'm dating it between 1940-42, before '38 it would have been stamped 875 (a price point not a model) but by the early 40's this pen I think, was called a Lady Sheaffer. Not to be confused with the Lady Sheaffer pens of the 50's - car makers weren't the only ones to re-use model names!

 

Does anyone else have an odd-clip model from Canada as I'm pretty certain this is ''right'' not just a replacement clip.

[maral1720]

There is a FPN post from 2009 on this subject. They call this a "WASP Style" clip so seems legitimate

[maral1720]

Title of the post is Sheaffer Canada Clips

Sorry I forgot to add that the first time I posted

[Parker51]

I have one that as well. Mine has no apparent traces of plating on the clip. Yours appears to have some plating. Does it look like some of it is worn off, or does it appear something else is at work.

Edited January 1, 2020 by Parker51

[pen lady]

The furniture on my pen, clip, lever and cap ring are all gold coloured with scarcely a trace of any brassing. Thanks for the tip about the WASP style clips item. I'm on my way there now!

 

6 minutes later: Well, that was enlightening, thanks for pointing me to that article. I'm too tired to get it now, but tomorrow, I'll photograph and post about another Canadian pen that I have with another style of WASP clip. It's grey striated, but clearly not a Balance. Happy New Year to you all, I'll be back, stand by!

Edited January 1, 2020 by pen lady

[pen lady]

Hi there, OK here's the other Sheaffer WASP clip pen that I have. I don't have a clue as to the model, there's no trace of a barrel imprint (over-zealous polishing?). The nib imprint is Sheaffer's 3-25 Made in Canada, capped the pen is 5 1/5" long (abut 13.3 mm), it has a slender barrel diameter and the clip seems more of a military type being held in with a conical button. I'm quite confident that the Balance I wrote about in the previous post is from the early 40's and because this pen has the same notched feed, I wonder if it too is a wartime production pen.

 

Does anyone have an idea of the model please or do I have a WASP pen that someone has slapped a Canadian Sheaffer nib into?

Edited January 1, 2020 by pen lady

[pen lady]

Hi folks, Sorry to boost this thread, but the pen in question is in my stock for Scriptus, the Toronto Pen Show and I'd like to be able to label it correctly for sale. Please, should I call it a Sheaffer or or a WASP?

[Larry Barrieau]

They both describe the pen. WASP stands for the W.A. Sheaffer Pen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[pen lady]

Yes, thanks Larry, I understand that WASP was a sub-brand made by Sheaffer, but, knowing how (some) pen people are, I like to have the model name as well as the price on the pens I'm selling. Maybe this one will have to remain a mystery, though the material is certainly grey pearl striated (a Balance colour) but then there's that WASP clip. Maybe I'll just call it a Canadian Sheaffer and wait for proof to the contrary!