Sheaffer Fat Touchdown Crest Deluxe Question

[Shipyard]

Hi experts

 

I just got a sheaffer fat touchdown crest, but it looks weird, or rared. It has a nib imprinted a serial number and a golden threaded section ring.

But from almost all the source I can access ( Sheaffer advertisement, online photos, etc.), it seems they built this generation of crest only with chrome threaded section rings. The only exceptional is a fat sentinel Deluxe, which with both golden threaded ring and serial number nib.

 

And I find that sheaffer manufactured some earlier triumph level filled pens with this kind of serial number nibs as well as golden threaded rings.

 

So I have 2 assumptions: 1. someone replaced my crest's nib and section set with one from a triumph level filled pen, would that be possible? Are the nib and section sets of post-war triumph and first year Touchdown interchangeable?

 

2. Sheaffer indeed manufactured some fat touchdowns with serial number nib and golden threaded rings, but in little amount .

 

I know sheaffer preferred to use golden threaded rings in their early triumph, but with "lifetime" but not serial number imprinted on the nib.

 

So could anyone suggest me some source or information about when and in which product lines sheaffer imprinted serial numbers on the nib and use golden threaded rings?

 

[Shipyard]

It seems quite a puzzle. I still found nothing after several days survey.

[DBlissJr]

My theory is that the gold ring and serial numbered nib were used in early 1949, since it seems that Sheaffer liked to use up parts before restocking, and these parts are seen in the late Triumph models.  As 1949 -1950 wore on, they switched to chrome rings and plain nibs for the newer models.  Just a theory.

[Waverly]

On 12/23/2021 at 4:18 PM, DBlissJr said:

My theory is that the gold ring and serial numbered nib were used in early 1949, since it seems that Sheaffer liked to use up parts before restocking, and these parts are seen in the late Triumph models.  As 1949 -1950 wore on, they switched to chrome rings and plain nibs for the newer models.  Just a theory.

That’s probably right.  The fat Touchdown was a transitional model only made in ‘49 and ‘50 before they stitched to the thin model.  I have a fat Touchdown Statesman which is one of my favorite pens with a huge open nib. 

[Wet Dreamink]

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On 6/2/2018 at 7:23 PM, Shipyard said:

The only exceptional is a fat sentinel Deluxe, which with both golden threaded ring and serial number nib.

 

I came across this thread while researching about Crest models/versions/evolution and I thought right away that maybe the simplest and most probable scenario, was that the pen is indeed one of those Sentinels from the ad pictured above, who along its lifetime (no pun intended hehehehehe), probably got its original cap swapped/replaced with a Crest cap, but I am not sure if that would be possible, I think so, but I am not completely certain, is anyone with more knowledge and experience regarding the “fat”/thicker Sentinel + Crest versions/models willing to weigh in regarding that scenario??