Sheaffer lever Filler, Triumph nib

[hari317]

I bought this pen this weekend. I would like to know more about this pen like the model name, pen material and if possible, when it was made. It has what I guess is a date code : 1250. The triumph nib looks to be the old welded style type. The pen has a sac and is taking ink but I would like to get it fully serviced professionally.

 

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Thanks in Advance,

Hari

[teej47]

I have what appears to be the exact same pen. Mine has a white dot dead center at the top of the cap; does this one (can't tell from the picture)? I haven't satisfactorily identified mine either. Hopefully somebody helps us out here.

 

Tim

(enjoying some much needed rain in Eastern Washington)

[hari317]

I have what appears to be the exact same pen. Mine has a white dot dead center at the top of the cap; does this one (can't tell from the picture)? I haven't satisfactorily identified mine either. Hopefully somebody helps us out here.

 

The white dot on my pen is just above the top of the clip. I hope someone can ID this.

 

Regards,

Hari

 

 

[AllWriteNow]

I think it's just called a "Triumph" pen.

The 1250 is not a date code it is a Price code.

The pen originally sold for $12.50

I'd guess it is from around the late 40s-early50s.

 

Should be a great writer with that nib.

 

Nice Pen!

 

Steve

 

 

[psfred]

Don't know the exact model as Sheaffer changed them around a bit in those days, but it was manufactured between 1942 when the Triumph nib was introduced and 1950/51 when the Thin Model pens were introduced and the "fat" ones were discontinued. If the nib is welded, I'm certain this is true as they stopped making the welded ones in 1950 or so.

 

I don't know when Sheaffer stopped making lever fill "Balance" style pens (check on Richard Binder's web site for more information), but that looks like the "fat" model, not a TM to me.

 

If the body is polystyrene rather than celluloid, it was made after 1946 when Sheaffer switched to polystyrene bodies.

 

Peter

[Johnny Appleseed]

The clip style is, I believe indicative of having been made after 1945. The fact that it still has a price-code indicates that it was made before the Touchdowns in late 1948.

 

The name of the line was, as mentioned, the Triumph. Not sure about the specific model, but I suspect a Valient.

 

These are basic lever-fillers. Unlike the Triumph vac-fillers they are not that difficult to restore - though there could always be nib issues that make it more tricky.

 

Nice find!

 

John

Edited November 5, 2008 by Johnny Appleseed

[ANM]

I have a pen just like that excepting that the clip is 14k and the cap band is a wider autograph version.

[hari317]

The 1250 is not a date code it is a Price code.

The pen originally sold for $12.50

 

Thanks!, it is a nice writer indeed.

 

If the body is polystyrene rather than celluloid, it was made after 1946 when Sheaffer switched to polystyrene bodies.

 

I think the body is celluoid as I can get a faint whiff of camphor when I cleaned the cap and barrel.

 

The clip style is, I believe indicative of having been made after 1945. The fact that it still has a price-code indicates that it was made before the Touchdowns in late 1948.

 

The name of the line was, as mentioned, the Triumph. Not sure about the specific model, but I suspect a Valient.

 

These are basic lever-fillers. Unlike the Triumph vac-fillers they are not that difficult to restore - though there could always be nib issues that make it more tricky.

 

Thanks John, The correct size sacs are difficult to find here, I am planning to send it to some good restorer, this is my first pen with a Triumph nib.

 

Thanks Everyone,

Hari

 

[kazoolaw]

Go to the Pen Hero web page: Jim has some great articles about Sheaffer's and the Triumph nibs.

and a great set of pen internet bookmarks

gary

[Johnny Appleseed]

In addition to the Penhero website, Jim Mamoulides was running a series of articles in the Pennant on the 1945-1950 Sheaffers. I think you would find more specific info there, but it is not available online at this point.

 

John