Sheaffer Stylist Models

[PenHero]

We've just picked up some of the second version Stylist pens with the conical Triumph nib (Jim calls it a sheath nib). They look like the boxed pen in Nyoko's post. Mine have cap stickers that say Sheaffer 440.

 

 

 

 

We think of the 440 more commonly as one of the "quasi-Imperials" like the 330 with inlaid nibs, brushed steel caps with plastic barrels. In this case 440 referred to the brushed steel cap and plastic barrel, though I suppose it should really be a 440X since it has a gold clip. There are other Stylist models with numerical model numbers, and the number just identifies the trim.

 

TERI

 

 

Hi, Teri,

 

I doubt the pen is made of stainless steel. In the 1967 catalog the previous version of the same Stylist, model 404, is brushed chrome. The only difference is the nib unit. Also, and yes Sheaffer never called the short conical nibs Triumph nibs. They first appear on early cartridge pens and are C8W (palladium silver) or C9W (gold, sometimes two tone) and the only name associated with them in the service manual is Skripsert, after the cartridge pen. They are used on several pens, including the Skripsert, Lady, and Imperial.

 

Thanks!

[terim]

 

 

Hi, Teri,

 

I doubt the pen is made of stainless steel. In the 1967 catalog the previous version of the same Stylist, model 404, is brushed chrome. The only difference is the nib unit. Also, and yes Sheaffer never called the short conical nibs Triumph nibs. They first appear on early cartridge pens and are C8W (palladium silver) or C9W (gold, sometimes two tone) and the only name associated with them in the service manual is Skripsert, after the cartridge pen. They are used on several pens, including the Skripsert, Lady, and Imperial.

 

Thanks!

 

Thanks for the correction. I'll make sure my listing says chrome!

[parapadakis]

Sorry to re-open an old thread, I just wanted to share another Stylist example I picked up.

 

This is gold with chased lines (in bunches of 6) and a cartouche on the barrel, with a white S and sprung clip. It does not mention anywhere what kind of gold it is, it just says "SHEAFFER - - - MADE IN U.S.A." on the cap, so I presume it's electroplated. Therefore I presume that the model is 707 (as per the 1967 catalogue) or 727 (as per the model naming nomenclature of the Imperial/Triumph finishes?). The nib is M.

 

 

 

 

This side-by-side photo is with a 909 (brushed gold finish).

 

Regards

George