eBay Special - Sheaffer Knobby

[Gerry]

This pen is making the rounds on Zoss. Anyone able to identify the Sheaffer variant pictured in the ad?

 

Sheaffer Special

 

I believe that it may be a one-of-a-kind, hence quite valuable... <_<

 

Gerry

[Keith with a capital K]

That is a very interesting looking pen and I don't recall ever seeing anything like it.

 

I'm guessing that it was left on the dash of someone's car on a hot day?

 

Ouch.

[Gerry]

Speculation has included dogs, microwaves a severe kicking around etc. You've come up with the first dash.

 

G

[Maja]

I spotted this before I saw it on PT and I was pretty horrified---that poor pen No idea what happened to it...Maybe someone left it near a stove element?

Edited December 22, 2004 by Maja

[Gerry]

It's back!!!

 

No bids with a starting point of $25.00 - now starting at $20.00

 

Sheaffer Nobby

 

Same description - still speculating it might be a factory finish..... sigh!!!

<_<

 

 

Gerry

[KCat]

if I were accustomed to tossing money around... i'd bid on it just to get a better look.

 

I can't imagine factory finish - but can imagine a deliberate act.

 

It *appears* that the imprint has not been affected. it looks dinged up and dirty but not "knobby" like the rest of the pen. If it was purely accidental, why does the cap look okay? I could imagine someone getting "creative" with a cheap pen but knowing that if they did the same with the cap, the cap might not go on afterward. Another clue to me that it was deliberately done (but how?) is that the end of the pen is still smooth and conical. As if it was held here while "worked". A random act of nature against pen would probably not have spared this area so cleanly. Finally, why is the section okay and the threads seem to be fine as well. That says, to me, that if nothing else, only the barrel was altered and it was done with the barrel separated from the section.

 

Gerry - think you could make this one shine, too? (okay, last comment on that per our agreement)

 

KCat the not-so-guilt-ridden (sorry folks, back-channel joke)

[Keith with a capital K]

Hmmm... $20.00 is not a bad price for a good Lifetime nib, feed, and section and cap.

 

I think the barrel is a write off though.

[KCat]

I think the barrel is a write off though.

no pun intended, right?

Edited December 28, 2004 by KCat

[Keith with a capital K]

Ha ha ha ... I made a pun.

 

(Puns are not my forte)

 

[Gerry]

Gerry - think you could make this one shine,  too?    (okay, last comment on that per our agreement)

 

KCat the not-so-guilt-ridden (sorry folks, back-channel joke)

Like a mirror KC

 

Funny psychology on the Bay... I've seen pens that fetch hundreds of dollars start off at $0.99 - yet the ones of dubious value - or for parts often have much higher starting bids set. Guess the sellers are not willing to take a chance that it won't be seen for it's parts value, and might go for a song.

 

Problem is that the price is a minimum and actual condition of the parts is unkown. There is a guarantee for unmet expectations though. Hmmmmm.

 

Gerry