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In an attempt to lend order to the collecting fora, during the next few weeks, a rough subject list will be provided for each forum, covering most threads. Sheaffer so far is the highest volume forum at FPB. This is a good place to start for a Contents process. The list is not yet complete. The material below represents about 25% of current threads. Notice will be provided when it is current. Note that titles are general. Most threads are not guide articles, but start as observations, questions, and show-and-tell, evolving as they will.

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FLAT TOP (1912-1940)

• Blue Pigmy and Other Short Pens
• Unsual ultra-short Flat-Top cap. Real or Chop Shop Shlock
• "46 Special" question, and some major flat-top eye candy
• No Name Pen with Franken-Sheaffer Parts.
• At What Stage of Production were Barrels Imprinted?
• Autograph. Non-White-Dot
• Autograph. Non-White-Dot Redux
  
• Valuing a Painted Flat-Top Set (photo lost)
• Flat Top White Dot Placement
• Cherry Red Flat-Top. Major Photo Spread and Video
• A Sheaffer Red Secretary Pen
• Sheaffer 20-Series: The "Lane Shift" Hard Rubber Pens
• Orange Flat Top. Examples and Discussion

BALANCE/Original Crest/ (1929-1941)

• Unique (so far) Sheaffer Balance. Unusual feature
  
• Balance pair with off catalogue double cap-band
• Question on colors found for Petite (vest pocket) Balance
• Balance with Gregg Shorthand Markings
  
• Original Crest with Sterling Cap.
• Leather Sheaffer Pen Wallet for Petit Balance
• Dry-Socket locking Desk Pen
• Sheaffer Junior. Truncated "non Balance" ~1934
• Off-Catalogue Sheaffer Balance Masterpiece. Solid Gold
• Eye Candy: Fist Full of OS Roseglow
• Eye Candy: Military Clip Balance Set in Patriotic Box
  

Sub-brand Sheaffer (WASP, UNIVER, VACUUM, etc)

• Eye Candy: WASP Lahn Set Mint Boxed
• WASP Addipoint nib/feed/section/sac Assembly
• WASP "circuit-board" Pattern with Double Transparency Window
• Craig Flat-Top in Yellow
• Eye Candy: Jade Petite Balance and OS Balance
• WASP Vacuum-Fil in Nifty Blue/Red
• WASP "Screamer" Desk Set on Ebay.
  

1940's (Triumph Family, Touchdown, Tucky (starting 1940) and related pens)

• Post-WWII Plunger-fill Barrel/Section Types
• Another view of Post-WWII Plunger-fill Barrel/Section Types
  
• Eye Candy: Mint Carmine Valiant Set
• Eye Candy: NIb/Section of Early Carmine Valiant
  
• Two sizes Post-WWII Crest: Crest and Crest Deluxe
  
• Peek at 1947 Sheaffer Workbook. Plunger rod lengths.
• Snorkel Color Discussion. Link to Snorkel Guide
• 1940's Tuckaway Pencil Observations
• Original Touchdown: Pricing and Tuckaway Images
• "Best 1940's Sheaffer". Demonstrator Photos and General Discussion
• Evolution of Metal Cap and White Dot in Post-War 1940's Pen
• Blurring of Lifetime Features. Lifetime Nib with Non-White Dot Caps
• Learning the Models. An "All Gold Color" Post War Set on Ebay
• Post-War Sovereign vs Statesman Cap-Band. Redux
• Post-War Threesome Set Question
• Post-War Celluloid Sentinel Identification
• Post-War Sentinel vs Sentinel Deluxe
  
• Trim on Post-War Gray Pens
• Touchdown Found with Oblique Nib
• War-Era Triumph Autograph Features
  
• Questions for Introduction to Collecting 1940's Pens
• Post-War Bead Band Celluloid Pens: Gripping Section Varieties
• TD Set with Interesting Personalization
• Taxes and Price Tags on 1940's-1950's Pens
• Post War 1940's Ads
• First Style Tuckaway with extra part. Good Discussion
• First Style Tuckaway in box. Lucky find on ebay. Discussion
• Fineline and Pearly Utility Pencil Advert and Chat
• How Sheaffer made Advert/Logo Pens/Pencils
• Eye Candy: Mint Boxed Tuckaway Valiant Set
• Lighted Store Display Mirror. Great Point-of-Sale Item.
  

1950's (™ Touchdown, Snorkel, PFM, Skripsert, etc)

• Mythical Brown Snorkel Pocket Pen
• PFM Autograph
• Mint PFM III Set
  
• Uncommon Flex Snorkel Nib
• Unusual TM Touchdown. Late? Imperial?
• Snorkel Autograph Find (limited linked photos)
• Wild Claims that Snorkel Writes More Words than Other Pens
• 1950's Sheaffer Nib Codes
• Skripsert Sets and Period Case ~1958
• Skripsert and Related
  
• Eye Candy: Snorkel "4-H Forestry Award" Set
• PFM Solid Gold: English
• Purplish TM TD (Photo Lost)
• Question about Snorkel with Matching Gripping Section
• Charlton Heston's Thin Model Touchdown
• Mistaken "Grail" Snork. Vermilion vs Fiesta on ebay
• Sheaffer-Lenox Moire Desk Set. Mint in Box
• Sheaffer Cadet. Early 1950's with a 1960 Reappearance?
• Sheaffer Thin Model Sovereign. Off-catalogue Cap.
• Redux. More Detail. Sheaffer TM Sovereign. Off-catalogue Cap
• Gold Tubes in Snorkels. Are they marked?
• Eye Candy: PFM Demonstrator. PFM Autograph in Burgundy. Discussion
  

1960's and later (Imperial, Targa, Lady Sheaffer, etc)

• All Gold-Filled Slim Imperial Touchdown. Uncommon Pen
• Eye Candy: Lady Sheaffer White/Gold
• Targa Prototype Color
• Triumph/Imperial Coarse Barleycorn Metal Pen
• Grand Connaisseur Sterling
• Connaisseur. Feature Evolution
• Odd Ringtop Pencil. Relatively Modern
• Expensive CP4-Legacy Set on Ebay
• Sheaffer Targa Force-10
  

Mixed Era And General Sheaffer Collecting

• Flexible Nibs and their Feeds
• Crest Colors 1930's-1940's. Light Discussion
• Sheaffer's Lifetime Club Award Writing Instrument
• Sheaffer Wristwatch found by Ron Zorn
• How Sheaffer made Advert/Logo Pens/Pencils
• 1984 Service Department Letter noting Old Pen Unrestorable
• An Ebay Seller who worked at Sheaffer. History.
  

[Alex Levin]

I recently purchased this beautiful gold filled overlay but can't find any reference to it in any Sheaffer catalogues or literature in particular with regard to the black end.

Any help would be much appreciated

PS This is my first time posting so I don't know how to create a new thread.

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[david i]

Hi Alex,

Tomorrow I'll split it into fresh thread.

 

Looks like hand engraved vine pattern.

 

regards

 

david

[Alex Levin]

Yes you are correct (as usual) on the pattern.  I'm interested in information on the black end and history/dating.

Thanks

Alex

[matt]

Some time before 1923, judging from the catalogs in the PCA library.  The 1923 catalog says the metal pens are "full mounted."  The "circa 1922" catalog of giftie sets shows capped full mounted metal pens.  You can't tell in the older catalogs since all the pens are shown posted.  Roger Wooten would know the answer in a heartbeat.

[Alex Levin]

Roger wrote to me: "Overlays with open ends are variations on full overlays. Looks like a 26E from 1920 with an open tail - a very interesting departure as open tails are less common and not documented"

Thanks all!