Help Me Identify A Sheaffer Cartridge Pen

[melissa59]

I want a specific pen. Unfortunately, I don't recall the specifics of that specific pen. Lots of help I am, right?

 

Here is what I do know:

Sheaffer
Cartridge filler
Late 1950s manufacture date

Light green (sage green) barrel

Silver colored cap

Nib was "different." Hard to explain what it is but I can tell you that it did not look like the traditional nib shape such as those on modern Pelikan pens.

 

I am trying to replace a nice older pen that my mother once gave to me, a pen that I tossed because I thought it was ruined.

 

I thought I was looking for a Sheaffer 500 Skripsert pen but when I use that search term on eBay, I get a lot of pens that have flat bottom barrels, which I don't think is what I want. Or maybe it is and I just don't remember correctly.

 

I found this image in a Google search which seems to come closest to what I remember. Unfortunately, the link leads to an empty Pinterest page so there is no information about the model or the nib.
What I'm looking for is a name and way to identify the pen I want, not something that sort of looks like it. Any tips on finding one would be greatly appreciated.

[cherylmarie]

I think you are correct to call it a Skripsert 500. Here's a thread where we discussed it:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/295423-sheaffer-cartridge-pen-with-conical-triumph-nib/

[melissa59]

Thanks. That thread helped a lot.

 

For anyone stopping by this thread, PenHero wrote:

"If it's got a gold nib and cap it's an 875 Cartridge Pen, if chrome and a palladium silver nib, it's a 500 Cartridge Pen, that's the names used in the August, 1959 catalog and Service Manual."

 

Good info to know! Unfortunately, if Sheaffer fans aren't sure of the name then your everyday eBay seller probably doesn't know what to call it either.