Sheaffer Award pen

[Matt]

I noticed this new pen on the Sheaffer site and wondered if anyone has tried it yet. It is listed in their "Popular Price" pens, which means it is probably rather inexpensive.

 

Maybe Jim at Penhero knows something about it.

 

Matt

[PenHero]

We have them - it's a revised version of the earlier Award model with an easier to post cap. The barrel end has a stepped piece that the cap slips securely onto. The nib, like the Javelin, is the Prelude nib, so if you are familiar with the Prelude or Javelin you will know how it writes. It's a very wide barrel and really long when posted.

 

http://www.penherostore.com/catalog/Award1350.jpg

 

More about them here:

 

PenHero.com Store - Sheaffer Award Pens

[Matt]

Thank you Jim. I should have known to check your site.

 

Matt

[randyholhut]

The new and improved Award sounds interesting.

 

I used to have one of the old FP designs and the lack of a secure post for the cap was aggrevating. It would never stay on. As for the BP, they were comfortable to use.

 

I guess this is what we can expect from the post-Fort Madison Sheaffer — pens made all over the world (like the Swedish EVT) that have White Dots and the Sheaffer name on them.

 

Now, let us hope the Bic folks don't muck up the Preludes, Agios or Legacys.

[DFerguson]

does anyone know the price range of these? my father has a plain steel version im curious about

thanks

[jar]

does anyone know the price range of these? my father has a plain steel version im curious about

thanks

 

IIRC they were about $10.00,

[Plumette]

It seems to have resurfaced at Staples, in a matte red finish, for holiday gifts, I suppose. I succumbed and bought one today, for $20. It comes with five cartridges and says so on the box. But when I unscrewed the barrel to see if there was maybe a sixth cartridge IN the pen (hope springs eternal), I was astonished and pleased to find a converter in place. The box doesn't say that! If I used phrases like "added value," I would here. I rinsed out the nib and filled the pen with Waterman Serenity Blue ink, and it wrote immediately, with the lightest of touches. If no one has reviewed it yet, I will try to post a review -- my first <blush>, I'll try to do a good job.

[sciumbasci]

It seems to have resurfaced at Staples, in a matte red finish, for holiday gifts, I suppose. I succumbed and bought one today, for $20. It comes with five cartridges and says so on the box. But when I unscrewed the barrel to see if there was maybe a sixth cartridge IN the pen (hope springs eternal), I was astonished and pleased to find a converter in place. The box doesn't say that! If I used phrases like "added value," I would here. I rinsed out the nib and filled the pen with Waterman Serenity Blue ink, and it wrote immediately, with the lightest of touches. If no one has reviewed it yet, I will try to post a review -- my first <blush>, I'll try to do a good job.

Nib size? I am still on the fence between Taranis and Award!

Edited November 5, 2016 by sciumbasci

[chromantic]

I have an original model, Flighter-style, F nib. Beautiful pen. May be hard to find a comfortable grip because of the step. Nib is silky smooth, though.

[sciumbasci]

Ah thanks for chiming in, chromantic. The cap on yours seals well?

[chromantic]

Ah thanks for chiming in, chromantic. The cap on yours seals well?

 

The cap seems to seal tightly enough but, to be honest, I ended up only using it for a few days and then set it aside so I can't attest to long-term use.

 

The pen is on the thick side and perfectly cylindrical. For my hand, it's a little short uncapped but too long (and top-heavy) when posted. Normally, the uncapped length wouldn't bother me but the section is short-ish and the right-angle edge on the step is, if not sharp, definitely an 'edge' and it was either my index and 2nd finger on the section above the step with my thumb pulled back behind it or all three on the section with the ball of the thump resting against that edge. Neither was really comfortable for me.