Which Models In The 60's Or 70's Are Relatively Large + Use A Converter?

[MTHALL720]

I'm trying to find out which models are fairly large in diameter and can take a converter.

Thanks very much for the help.

[pajaro]

Not a lot of big converter pens back then. Parker 51 (converter version, didn't have the ink collector? Sheaffer desk pen (Imperial)?

Edited September 15, 2020 by pajaro

[carlos.q]

I am no expert on Sheaffer pens but I believe you could take a look at these models: Sheaffer Imperial 826 and 834 or Sheaffer 440 XG and 550.

[gyasko]

The Targa came out in the 1970s

[sansenri]

the 70s were typical years of thin pens! tough to find larger ones...

[Ron Z]

I could have sworn that I answered this. Maybe lunch brain.

 

The 60s and 70s were part of the age of skinny pens. The Targa and Imperials were about as big Sheaffer's cartridge pens got until the Connaisseur and the Legacy were introduced in the 80s and 90s.. The PFM was made 59-68, but that was a snorkel pen. The only "fat" C/C pen was the No Nonsense student pen with its steel nib. There are still a lot of them in circulation, and you can screw a Connaisseur or Balance II nib unit into them. The Connaisseur is in fact just an NN with fancy trim.

[BaronWulfraed]

Heh... And if one compares to a Parker 45 -- the Sheaffer 440 IS a fat pen.

[pajaro]

The only pen I regret selling is the Connaisseur fountain pen and ballpoint set. The beauty of it was so vibrant and upbeat, really jazzy, that I have thought of selling some Pelikans and Watermans to get another. The ballpoint too. Loved the look and the feel of it, just not so much the fine nib. Maybe a medium if I were to redo it.

[jspen765]

MTHALL720:

 

No-Nonsense is big, big enough my bad wrist won't let me use it too long. You can get the NoNonsense Calligraphy set cheap, I have paid $8 plus shipping. I have seen them for >$30 too. American made, German nib versions, now Chinese made. Still in production, though called something else and made in China. I also have one I got from India which is the upscale version with gold-plated hardware and nib.

 

Ron Z made a Connaisseur look alike out of a NoNonsense by changing the hardware and trim. I have the Stainless Steel version mixed in with my Targas because they look like the same family.

 

Jon the eclectic penner.