Doc, I'm surprised you haven't already snatched this pen.
Posted 03 January 2015 - 05:49 PM
Posted 03 January 2015 - 10:26 PM
I can't get 'em all. Sleep, n' all that
-d
Posted 04 January 2015 - 02:48 AM
I recall reading that sometimes a pen drilled for a white dot then not used as such would have the to be filled back in but usually with the same color.
edited to correct some kind of messed humor my new note pan has for auto correct spelling.
Edited by Norm, 04 January 2015 - 11:45 PM.
Posted 04 January 2015 - 03:11 AM
Posted 04 January 2015 - 08:55 AM
Posted 04 January 2015 - 03:31 PM
In Eastern cultures white is associated with both death and purity but black is not a universally positive color in Eastern cultures. I am wondering why would Sheaffer would use any other color and on a non-lifetime nib on a top-of-the-line pen for export? Seems likely to me that they would use a Lifetime nib on a pen with a dot of any color if it was to represent their best quality.
Posted 04 January 2015 - 06:19 PM
Posted 04 January 2015 - 06:24 PM
It is a filled white dot in all likelihood done at the factory to fill an order. Since we have one I would assume they had to convert 10, 20 or 50 to cover orders with what would have been an overrun of production of white dots. These other theories are a bit far afield as we actually see enough of these to suggest they are factory correct and a practice that went back to flattop pens as well.
Roger W.
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