That All-Black Prelude I'd Always Wanted

[whitedot]

3 years of waiting for this discontinued Sheaffer Prelude in matte black with black anodized trim, and I finally swiped it NOS for 40 USD shipped. Now, I don't presume that my taste is widely shared. But, let me say, to me, this is the one.

 

I think it's early 2000s. Could someone date this to the exact year?

 

Edited April 10, 2012 by whitedot

[kirchh]

I think it's early 2000s. Could someone date this to the exact year?

Start of 2001 through mid-2004, approximately. Might have started earlier.

--Daniel

[OcalaFlGuy]

I do hereby christen it The Stealthlude!

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[fncll]

I, for one, think that is a seriously cool looking pen. Ebay?

 

[whitedot]

I think it's early 2000s. Could someone date this to the exact year?

Start of 2001 through mid-2004, approximately. Might have started earlier.

--Daniel

 

Thanks.

 

Hey, the nib writes quite smoothly. But, it sometimes makes a grainy, toothy sound. What’s going on? How do I fix this?

 

I do hereby christen it The Stealthlude!

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

 

 

I, for one, think that is a seriously cool looking pen. Ebay?

 

 

Yeah, I won it on eBay UK. I did find them on the Texas Pen Co. website for approx. 55 USD during my quest. The photos were taken under warm lighting, so they don’t really do the pen justice. The trim is a true black, and the white dot is a true white, which really “pops”.

[terminal]

It's really cool, and interestingly, the Stealthlude doesn't show up on radar!

[OcalaFlGuy]

Ok, since you went there...

 

Awhile back, just after the specs for the F-117 Stealth fighter became semi-public knowledge, there was an air show at Patrick AFB in Satellite Beach, Florida. They had several USAF aircraft on static display with the fantzy smantzy velvet bannister thinggummers strung around as a "display box" around the planes that weren't Hugh Jass like the C5-A. (When the thunderstorm hit a slew of folks stayed dry under the snout, inside and out the rear of the C5) Out in front of each plane was the nicely done placard with some Plane facts on it.

 

They had the same bannisters all set up around the F-117. Even the flight facts placard. (Whisper-except there wasn't any real F-117 inside the display box, it was empty.)

 

Don't ever say the USAF doesn't have a sense of humor.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL-PS humor as it, hey it's so stealth you can't even see it argh, argh, humor, humor

[Nic13]

WOW! nice pen another one to add to the pen list :roflmho:

[Parker Quink Turquoise]

Well done always nice to get a pen you had your heart set on.The Preludes are nice pens.Have a couple myself.

[amberleadavis]

Pretty