Help to identify a Sheaffer

[Bruno Taut]

Although I was very fond of the Sheaffer inlaid nibs, I have not got one until last week. But being a neophyte in this brand, I do not know what model and nib type is the one i got. Could any of the gurus here help me to identify it?

 

It is a touch down pen, with a 14 K gold nib. The seller told me it was a model from the 70s. Could anyone confirm this? Is there any way of checking the manufacturing date?

 

 

Thanks a lot, fellow FPN members.

 

Iosepus

[DrPJM1]

PFM: http://penhero.com/PenGallery/Sheaffer/SheafferPFM.htm

[grimakis]

Sheaffer Imperial

[Nellie]

Sheaffer Imperial

Yes, that's right. They're on Penhero's brilliant site too - here

[SquelchB]

Okay, quite a stupid question - what's the difference between Imperial and PFM?

[DrPJM1]

PFM's filled with a Snorkel and Imperials were cartridge/converter.

 

Q: besides looking at the feed, how do you tell one from the other?

[Ernst Bitterman]

Width, filler (PFM had a snorkel) and the number of meals you'll do without to buy one.

[Maja]

Width, filler (PFM had a snorkel) and the number of meals you'll do without to buy one.

Yep, and the PFM blind cap is more chiseled than the Imperial's.

[grimakis]

PFM's filled with a Snorkel and Imperials were cartridge/converter.

 

Q: besides looking at the feed, how do you tell one from the other?

 

Imperials are smaller and have different finished/patterns.

 

 

Imperials also were available in Touchdown.

Edited July 23, 2008 by grimakis