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Some years ago Shaeffer packaged one of these as a freebie if you bought a pack of cartridges. Hence, I acquired a number of them and when my son cleaned me out he got all but a red one (he missed it somehow). It sits in my pen cup loaded with Parker Quick Black and regardless of how long it goes between exercising, it starts immediately. I wish I could say that of any other FP I own. Nothing fancy, nothing really wrong, it just gets the job done. That is about the highest praise I could give any pen. When I grab it, I do not think whether it is beautiful, sexy, gold tipped, flexible, blah, blah, blah. I concentrate of the words and not the tool.

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Hi I am new to fountain pens and also the FPN.. I recently purchased a Pilot 78G with a medium nib and love it! But I found a Sheaffer no nonsense on ebay for $20 in black with silver lining. The link is http://cgi.ebay.com/Sheaffer-NoNonsense-Black-Chrome-FP-Medium-Italic-/370406021012?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0 I was hoping mabye someone could tell me if this looks like something that is worth buying!

 

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Hi I am new to fountain pens and also the FPN.. I recently purchased a Pilot 78G with a medium nib and love it! But I found a Sheaffer no nonsense on ebay for $20 in black with silver lining. The link is http://cgi.ebay.com/...DefaultDomain_0 I was hoping mabye someone could tell me if this looks like something that is worth buying!

 

Thanks

 

Looks like part of an old Calligraphy set. $20.00 is what I would consider a very high price.

 

 

 

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Hi I am new to fountain pens and also the FPN.. I recently purchased a Pilot 78G with a medium nib and love it! But I found a Sheaffer no nonsense on ebay for $20 in black with silver lining. The link is http://cgi.ebay.com/Sheaffer-NoNonsense-Black-Chrome-FP-Medium-Italic-/370406021012?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0 I was hoping mabye someone could tell me if this looks like something that is worth buying!

 

Thanks

$20 for a NN is very common and buying from Bob Speerbreecher (hope i'm spelling his last name right!) is a delight. he's also a member here.

 

you can also buy from Teri (see her a few posts up!!) she has good prices and free shipping. see her site and tell me if you like her prices: http://www.peytonstreetpens.com/servlet/the-114/Sheaffer-NO-NONSENSE-Fountain/Detail (she has an ebay store too: http://stores.ebay.com/Peyton-Street-Antiques_Writing-Instruments_W0QQ_fsubZ4QQ_sidZ520094QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322 )

 

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and now....... (drum-roll)....... my humble no-nonsense bunch:

 

http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n419/peterpaul_rguez/nononsense-1.jpg

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Hi I am new to fountain pens and also the FPN.. I recently purchased a Pilot 78G with a medium nib and love it! But I found a Sheaffer no nonsense on ebay for $20 in black with silver lining. The link is http://cgi.ebay.com/...DefaultDomain_0 I was hoping mabye someone could tell me if this looks like something that is worth buying!

 

Thanks

 

Looks like part of an old Calligraphy set. $20.00 is what I would consider a very high price.

 

Ok great thanks for your help :)

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Hi I am new to fountain pens and also the FPN.. I recently purchased a Pilot 78G with a medium nib and love it! But I found a Sheaffer no nonsense on ebay for $20 in black with silver lining. The link is http://cgi.ebay.com/Sheaffer-NoNonsense-Black-Chrome-FP-Medium-Italic-/370406021012?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0 I was hoping mabye someone could tell me if this looks like something that is worth buying!

 

Thanks

$20 for a NN is very common and buying from Bob Speerbreecher (hope i'm spelling his last name right!) is a delight. he's also a member here.

 

you can also buy from Teri (see her a few posts up!!) she has good prices and free shipping. see her site and tell me if you like her prices: http://www.peytonstreetpens.com/servlet/the-114/Sheaffer-NO-NONSENSE-Fountain/Detail (she has an ebay store too: http://stores.ebay.com/Peyton-Street-Antiques_Writing-Instruments_W0QQ_fsubZ4QQ_sidZ520094QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322 )

 

regards,

 

 

Great thanks for your help.. yes her prices are very good! I am dealing with someone on here and they want $25 brand new pen with shipping included is that a good deal? Thanks!

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Hi I am new to fountain pens and also the FPN.. I recently purchased a Pilot 78G with a medium nib and love it! But I found a Sheaffer no nonsense on ebay for $20 in black with silver lining. The link is http://cgi.ebay.com/Sheaffer-NoNonsense-Black-Chrome-FP-Medium-Italic-/370406021012?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0 I was hoping mabye someone could tell me if this looks like something that is worth buying!

 

Thanks

$20 for a NN is very common and buying from Bob Speerbreecher (hope i'm spelling his last name right!) is a delight. he's also a member here.

 

you can also buy from Teri (see her a few posts up!!) she has good prices and free shipping. see her site and tell me if you like her prices: http://www.peytonstreetpens.com/servlet/the-114/Sheaffer-NO-NONSENSE-Fountain/Detail (she has an ebay store too: http://stores.ebay.com/Peyton-Street-Antiques_Writing-Instruments_W0QQ_fsubZ4QQ_sidZ520094QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322 )

 

regards,

 

 

Great thanks for your help.. yes her prices are very good! I am dealing with someone on here and they want $25 brand new pen with shipping included is that a good deal? Thanks!

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I love this pen. Saw one in the collection of a co-member of our lively fountain pen lovers' group, at a pen meet held just earlier. :) I saw one purple, new old stock being sold on ebay for a reasonable price (or what I think is a reasonable price -- 19.95 USD sans shipping -- and I'm extremely tempted to buy it!

 

The only problem is, I don't know if it can fit into my student budget for this month. :D (I owe another co-member just below 10 USD for her secondhand Lamy Vista and am also saving up for a Sheaffer Agio, apart from my everyday purchases which my allowance can barely cover). :clap1:

 

My only question about this No Nonsense is: does it take modern-day Sheaffer converters?

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Pendemonium has them (http://www.pendemonium.com/ink_sheaffer.htm). Scroll down to the Sheaffer converter section and they are the SHF-99500 for $15 apiece.

 

The NoNonsense pens are excellent; I've got a big bunch of them myself and keep at least four of them inked up at all times.

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Pendemonium has them (http://www.pendemonium.com/ink_sheaffer.htm). Scroll down to the Sheaffer converter section and they are the SHF-99500 for $15 apiece.

 

The NoNonsense pens are excellent; I've got a big bunch of them myself and keep at least four of them inked up at all times.

 

But will the piston converter fit?

I am the girl with the long name, or simply cza

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I saw one purple, new old stock being sold on ebay for a reasonable price (or what I think is a reasonable price -- 19.95 USD sans shipping -- and I'm extremely tempted to buy it!

 

ISellPens (no affiliation other than as a satisfied customer) has pink, purple and green Sheaffer No Nonsense pens with fine or medium nibs for $8.88 plus S&H. They are the older preferred models with screw-on caps. Go to the site and click on Sheaffer NOS in the left side menu.

 

My only question about this No Nonsense is: does it take modern-day Sheaffer converters?

 

 

Yes.

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But will the piston converter fit?

I haven't tried the piston converter myself, but if the size is accurate it should.

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ISellPens (no affiliation other than as a satisfied customer) has pink, purple and green Sheaffer No Nonsense pens with fine or medium nibs for $8.88 plus S&H. They are the older preferred models with screw-on caps. Go to the site and click on Sheaffer NOS in the left side menu.

 

Seen 'em. Lovely! I am not from the United States though, so I'm looking at $40 total w/ shipping. Still trying to see if anything can be done about it.

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A few months ago someone had a few black NN pens with gold furniture available NOS. I didn't get one (dumb!) but thought they were very attractive. Was this a common variant or something unusual?

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A few months ago someone had a few black NN pens with gold furniture available NOS. I didn't get one (dumb!) but thought they were very attractive. Was this a common variant or something unusual?

The gold furniture indicates that they were from the NoNonsense "Old Timer" series, which had a variety of black, red, green and blue bodies; black grip and metal all in gold plating. They are pretty hard to find these days. I've looked for a specific model for 5 years and only seen it twice on eBay during that time.

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Pendemonium has them (http://www.pendemonium.com/ink_sheaffer.htm). Scroll down to the Sheaffer converter section and they are the SHF-99500 for $15 apiece.

 

The NoNonsense pens are excellent; I've got a big bunch of them myself and keep at least four of them inked up at all times.

 

But will the piston converter fit?

 

Yes, the modern piston converters fit in the NoNonsense.

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and now....... (drum-roll)....... my humble no-nonsense bunch:

 

http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n419/peterpaul_rguez/nononsense-1.jpg

 

 

 

my NN arsenal is growing.

 

 

http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n419/peterpaul_rguez/bth_nononsense-2.jpg?t=1352788909[

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Where do you guys even find these pens? Now I'm just hankering after a pink jelly...

 

Oh, and if I might add I'd just like your two cents. Which of the two colors (solid) is considered rarer: pink or violet? Or is it just a matter of preference?

 

I'm looking at the pens on isellpens.com. :D

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A few months ago someone had a few black NN pens with gold furniture available NOS. I didn't get one (dumb!) but thought they were very attractive. Was this a common variant or something unusual?

The gold furniture indicates that they were from the NoNonsense "Old Timer" series, which had a variety of black, red, green and blue bodies; black grip and metal all in gold plating. They are pretty hard to find these days. I've looked for a specific model for 5 years and only seen it twice on eBay during that time.

Thanks! Always wondered about that. Yet another lesson for me in "if you see it and you like it, don't hesitate."

By the way, the thumbnail photo you use is wonderful.

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