Vintage Sheaffer Cartridge Pens

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I think I might have just bought one, but I paid too much it seems.

 

Yours is a later model that was sold as just slightly upscale from the "school pen" level.

[Alohamora]

I used the type with the conical top and bottom for a few years in grade school, then switched schools and in the new school everyone used ball points.

 

[rwilsonedn]

Brings back dim memories. I think I used one or two of these during my grade-school years (along with some other brands of dime-store pens that were unmentionably bad) and never had trouble with them. Only recently did I begin to appreciate what really good pens they are.

ron

[Sailor Kenshin]

I would LOVE to have one of the semi-hooded school pens.

 

I started my fountain pen life with a yellow Skrip - translucent body, silvertone cap, and black cart (which even then bugged me! Should have been brown ink!).

 

I still have a couple of Skrips, maybe one red and one green, but I used to have them in blue and purple, too.

[Drinky]

I had one of those. Got it cause of the apple green color, but was surprised at how well it wrote, not to mention how durable it was. I hate to say I dropped it, nib first, onto a concrete floor.

[UkeDan]

I love FPN. A Sheaffer cartridge pen was the very 1st FP I ever had. Thanks to the OP all these memories are flooding back. BTW I still have mine but haven't inked it in a very long time... Time to get it out and put a vintage skrip cartridge in. I have a whole bunch. Bit I tried putting a converter in.... no show.

[PDW]

I was browsing FPN, and noticed that the style of nib below (the OP's image reused) is very similar to that of a couple of cheap Pilot FPs I have (a 50 G and a Super 100).

 

 

Does anyone know if this is more than a coincidence?

[jar]

I was browsing FPN, and noticed that the style of nib below (the OP's image reused) is very similar to that of a couple of cheap Pilot FPs I have (a 50 G and a Super 100).

 

 

Does anyone know if this is more than a coincidence?

 

It was a popular style at the time and seen on many pens. The semi hooded nib was common on Montblancs as well at that time.

[wastelanded]

Gosh, I remember these from school. We all had them, or the No Nonsense variety. Never had a mishap with them, ever. When I turned 13 I got a brushed steel Targa, which I still have and still don't like: I kept using the cheapie.

 

I seem to remember Parker having a No Nonsense type cheap pen, red, looked something like a Duofold. Anyone remember that one?

[penponder]

I have one with a silver top and clear bottom and use as a day pen along with my Targa both are FP. Love them both. Very smooth writers.

[Calicopepper]

I'm so happy to have come across this posting! I went to a locally run supply store and found the first one on the left only in a clear barrel. It was very very dirty so after some soaking, flushing, repeat, repeat some more, I decided to try a brown universal cartridge and it WORKS! Not bad for an $8 cast off! :ltcapd: What time period was that style produced?

 

The one issue I have is that mine seems to be missing that silver ring between the main portion of the barrel and the feed/nib. Without that (I'm assuming that's the problem?) it won't cap. . Hoping one of you guys has a suggestion? I'll take this to repair if needed.

[jar]

I'm so happy to have come across this posting! I went to a locally run supply store and found the first one on the left only in a clear barrel. It was very very dirty so after some soaking, flushing, repeat, repeat some more, I decided to try a brown universal cartridge and it WORKS! Not bad for an $8 cast off! :ltcapd: What time period was that style produced?

 

The one issue I have is that mine seems to be missing that silver ring between the main portion of the barrel and the feed/nib. Without that (I'm assuming that's the problem?) it won't cap. . Hoping one of you guys has a suggestion? I'll take this to repair if needed.

 

The round top and barrel were the first generation and came out in the 50s. The best way to replace the ring is to just find another cartridge pen. IIRC the first three generations used the same cap clutch and it was just a press fit.

[Calicopepper]

I'm so happy to have come across this posting! I went to a locally run supply store and found the first one on the left only in a clear barrel. It was very very dirty so after some soaking, flushing, repeat, repeat some more, I decided to try a brown universal cartridge and it WORKS! Not bad for an $8 cast off! :ltcapd: What time period was that style produced?

 

The one issue I have is that mine seems to be missing that silver ring between the main portion of the barrel and the feed/nib. Without that (I'm assuming that's the problem?) it won't cap. . Hoping one of you guys has a suggestion? I'll take this to repair if needed.

 

The round top and barrel were the first generation and came out in the 50s. The best way to replace the ring is to just find another cartridge pen. IIRC the first three generations used the same cap clutch and it was just a press fit.

 

Well, it's not the round round (bullet) but has the faceted point (left most in first pic, three furthest right in the second). I'll see what I can find The flat top was what my dad had and what I bought myself from a Wally world. Mine leaked like a sieve, tho...pooled, clogged, you name it. So far this other one (save not being able to post it) writes almost on par with my gold and steel nib Pelikans!

[breaker]

nice review and pics!

thanks!

[jar]

I'm so happy to have come across this posting! I went to a locally run supply store and found the first one on the left only in a clear barrel. It was very very dirty so after some soaking, flushing, repeat, repeat some more, I decided to try a brown universal cartridge and it WORKS! Not bad for an $8 cast off! :ltcapd: What time period was that style produced?

 

The one issue I have is that mine seems to be missing that silver ring between the main portion of the barrel and the feed/nib. Without that (I'm assuming that's the problem?) it won't cap. . Hoping one of you guys has a suggestion? I'll take this to repair if needed.

 

The round top and barrel were the first generation and came out in the 50s. The best way to replace the ring is to just find another cartridge pen. IIRC the first three generations used the same cap clutch and it was just a press fit.

 

Well, it's not the round round (bullet) but has the faceted point (left most in first pic, three furthest right in the second). I'll see what I can find The flat top was what my dad had and what I bought myself from a Wally world. Mine leaked like a sieve, tho...pooled, clogged, you name it. So far this other one (save not being able to post it) writes almost on par with my gold and steel nib Pelikans!

 

Okay, the pointed crown was the second generation; but look closely at those pictures. The ring that is the cap clutch is the same across all three generations. Find any of the cartridge pens and you can likely salvage a ring.

[WithIt57]

Mine was the one on the far right. Always had a blue barrel and blue ink. Ah, memories of Catholic school. I loved writing with my fountain pen. And we used to tease each other that we were going to own MontBlanc's someday.

[ThirdeYe]

Gosh, I remember these from school. We all had them, or the No Nonsense variety. Never had a mishap with them, ever. When I turned 13 I got a brushed steel Targa, which I still have and still don't like: I kept using the cheapie.

 

I seem to remember Parker having a No Nonsense type cheap pen, red, looked something like a Duofold. Anyone remember that one?

 

I think you may be referring to the "Big Red". Although I don't believe they ever made it as a FP, it was just a ballpoint/rollerball/felt-tip pen.

[bossy]

Nice collection, oh the memories.

[Alohamora]

I'm so happy to have come across this posting! I went to a locally run supply store and found the first one on the left only in a clear barrel. It was very very dirty so after some soaking, flushing, repeat, repeat some more, I decided to try a brown universal cartridge and it WORKS! Not bad for an $8 cast off! :ltcapd: What time period was that style produced?

 

The one issue I have is that mine seems to be missing that silver ring between the main portion of the barrel and the feed/nib. Without that (I'm assuming that's the problem?) it won't cap. . Hoping one of you guys has a suggestion? I'll take this to repair if needed.

 

Take a flashlight and look inside the cap. Your missing clutch ring may just be stuck inside. I've managed to do that by unscrewing the section, then temporarily putting the cap back on the body of the pen. When you remove the cap, the ring is likely to stick in the cap instead of on the pen body.

[Saintpaulia]

I recently purchased a vintage 1960s Sheaffer "Student" fountain pen on eBay.

 

The item is in transit to me. Preparatory to getting the pen I wanted to ensure that I have cartridges ready on hand which will fit this older pen. Could you tell me if the current Sheaffer cartridges will fit these older, inexpensive "Student-type" pens? They call these modern day Sheaffer cartridges "universal". Does this mean they fit their old cartridge pens from the 60s?

 

And, getting really audacious here, how about the current Sheaffer cartridge converters? will they fit these older pens? Thanks, Breck

Edited June 27, 2012 by Saintpaulia