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[david i]

This one is not perfect though it is quite decent. Solid 14k gold Sheaffer Triumph Masterpiece 1942-1945.

regards

David

[jonro]

Come on, David. Don't leave us hanging. Where's the nib shot?

[Teej47]

I haven't seen that chasing pattern before. Pretty cool!

Tim

[david i]

With the matching pencil...

regards

David

[Pen Is Mightier]

Come on, David. Don't leave us hanging. Where's the nib shot?

Yes nib shot please!

[david i]

Yes nib shot please!

Sigh...

regards

David

[Gerry Berg]

Beautiful set, David. Bravo!

Now: how about the plunger-filling version?

Gerry

[david i]

Now, you might have wondered what's in the nice Sheaffer case that serves as a staging prop in many of these photos. Well, the contents keep with the Masterpiece theme of this thread. At the Raleigh Pen Show 2010 (btw- this sort is another reason why it is good to go to pen shows), I won in the auction the following Sheaffer Crest Masterpiece set. Crest Masterpiece indicates solid gold cap on plastic barrel. This is a post-war 1940's model. Note that it actually has a white dot in the cap. This is a late development, as pens before perhaps late 1948 had the dot at the bottom of the barrel. We believe that Sheaffer did not have the technique to place dots in caps before 1948. This one has a bezel/frame of metal around the dot indicating an early dot-in-cap cap, perhaps dating it to 1948. Later caps had dot directly inserted. Don't hold me to the dates. This is a sweet set. The engraving, celebrating a man's 36-years at a single bank, hearkens to a bygone era, when people actually worked for a single employer that long.

Enjoy...

regards

David

[david i]

Beautiful set, David. Bravo!

Now: how about the plunger-filling version?

Gerry

Was it so made?

regards

david

[david i]

Now, you might have wondered what's in the nice Sheaffer case that serves as a staging prop in many of these photos. Well, the contents keep with the Masterpiece theme of this thread. At the Raleigh Pen Show 2010 (btw- this sort is another reason why it is good to go to pen shows), I won in the auction the following Sheaffer Crest Masterpiece set. Crest Masterpiece indicates solid gold cap on plastic barrel. This is a post-war 1940's model. Note that it actually has a white dot in the cap. This is a late development, as pens before perhaps late 1948 had the dot at the bottom of the barrel. We believe that Sheaffer did not have the technique to place dots in caps before 1948. This one has a bezel/frame of metal around the dot indicating an early dot-in-cap cap, perhaps dating it to 1948. Later caps had dot directly inserted. Don't hold me to the dates. This is a sweet set. The engraving, celebrating a man's 36-years at a single bank, hearkens to a bygone era, when people actually worked for a single employer that long.

Oh yeah... open...

regards

d

[Gerry Berg]

Was it so made?

regards

david

I wonder.
g

[david i]

I wonder.
g

Dunno. Have seen several Masterpieces from this era, all lever fill. Have to peek at the Workbook but most vague recollection is having seen lever filler mentioned alone. Could be wrong.

-d

[david i]

OK.

Above, I've shown the 1942-45 Masterpiece (full gold pen) and a late 1940's post-War Crest Masterpiece (gold cap) set, that one with white dot on cap not on barrel (a late development) but with the white dot in a bezel, not directly implanted in the smooth metal of the cap, which would come next.

The following pen also is a Crest Masterpiece with gold cap. This one is post War but is a bit earlier in the late 1940's than the Crest Masterpiece above. This one has the white dot on bottom of the black barrel rather than on the cap.

Oh yeah... condition not so bad.

regards

David

[david i]

Moving back from Crest Masterpiece (solid gold cap with plastic barrel) to Masterpiece (all solid gold, as with the 1942-5 model shown in the first post), here is a post-War 1945-1948 (still before Sheaffer could put the White DOt in the metal cap) Masterpiece. Picked up my first about 3 years ago and since then have fallen into a few of 'em. The post-War Masterpiece has less exotic pattern than the War-era pen, and is chunkier.

regards

David

[Mike Kirk]

With the matching pencil...

regards

David

Gotta say...this is one of the nicest sets I've seen since Roger showed me his Honor pen. This one is HOT!

MK

[david i]

We've now seen a few 1940's Sheaffer Masterpiece family pens from my ol' collection.

War Years Masterpiece


Post War Crest Masterpiece


Post War Masterpiece.

I add now... War Years Crest Masterpiece. This is the solid gold cap with plastic barrel pen made 1942-5. Tim had mentioned not having seen this chasing pattern before. That no doubt is because these pens don't turn up so often This is the typical chasing for this pen found on the cap for Crest Masterpiece and of course on the entire pen for Masterpiece. I bought this pen a couple years ago, probably at a Raleigh Pen Show, from my friend Terry Brack. We've been hanging out at pen shows since, oh, 2002 or so, have roomed at a couple and have traded pens back and forth. He now runs the Long Island Pen Show, a fun show.

Did I mention this pen is in pretty nice shape?


Crest Masterpiece... the War Years...

regards

David

[haywoody]

snip...

I add now... War Years Crest Masterpiece. This is the solid gold cap with plastic barrel pen made 1942-5. Tim had mentioned not having seen this chasing pattern before. That no doubt is because these pens don't turn up so often This is the typical chasing for this pen found on the cap for Crest Masterpiece and of course on the entire pen for Masterpiece. I bought this pen a couple years ago, probably at a Raleigh Pen Show, from my friend Terry Brack. We've been hanging out at pen shows since, oh, 2002 or so, have roomed at a couple and have traded pens back and forth. He now runs the Long Island Pen Show, a fun show.

Did I mention this pen is in pretty nice shape?


Crest Masterpiece... the War Years...

regards

David

Very nice. I bought one from Terry at the Raleigh show this year. How about a picture of the Brown Crest Masterpiece set you recently acquired?

/Woody

[david i]

Very nice. I bought one from Terry at the Raleigh show this year. How about a picture of the Brown Crest Masterpiece set you recently acquired?

/Woody

Hi Woody,

Sure, pulled the image from the other post. Didn't want to annoy you though.

Link- Discussion of possible frankenpen Masterpiece.

A recent acquisition. A War-Era Crest Masterpiece (solid gold cap). Possibly a frankenpen with brown barrels from a regular Crest, as most Crest Masterpiece are shown only in black. But, we lack hard concurrent catalogue data for the war-years pens, so... it is a bit open. In any case, black barrels are not hard to obtain.

regards

david

[david i]

I've shown all the 1940's Gold Cap/Barrel (Crest Masterpiece and Crest) models and variants I have on hand (at least i believe so). This one is a duplicate, but it is a killer duplicate. First, in its wrappings, as I found it in somewhat weak ebay ad.

regards

David

[david i]

And open.

The mint Masterpiece set. Stunner. 1940's post-war, probably 1946-7.

regards

David