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This is a Sheaffer Crest DeLuxe Vacuum-Fil fountain pen in Golden Brown celluloid c. 1947. The pen fills by unscrewing the barrel end cap, pulling out the plunger, inserting the nib into ink and pushing in the plunger with one stroke. This creates a vacuum that sucks ink into the barrel ink chamber. Sheaffer transitioned from the rather pointy ended Triumph pens made from 1942-1944 to the more rounded post war pens in 1945 which started appearing in Sheaffer ads by August 1945. The pen is about 5 1/8 inches long capped and sold for $17.50. A matching pencil sold for $6.00 and a matching Stratowriter ballpoint pen sold for $12.50. The cap is stamped 1/10 14K GOLD FILLED – MADE IN U.S.A on the back edge of the cap lip. The clip is spring loaded, a new feature with these more rounded pens. Sheaffer offered this model as Vacuum-fil types in Black or Golden Brown or lever fill in Black only. The barrel is stamped W. A. SHEAFFER PEN CO. over FORT MADISON, IOWA, U.S.A over MADE IN U.S.A over 1750, which indicated the $17.50 price. The nib is stamped SHEAFFER’S over LIFETIME over REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. over MADE IN U.S.A. over 14K. The Sheaffer White Dot is on the end of the barrel. #pencollecting #fountainpen #sheaffer #sheafferpen #lifetime #sheafferlifetime #triumph #sheaffertriumph #crest #sheaffercrest #celluloid #penhero https://www.instagram.com/p/B_8WwghjCAi/?igshid=13dtmk331sri2

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This is a Classic Pens CP2 Pushkin, the second limited edition by Classic Pens, released in 1993. It’s based on the 5 7/16 inch long sterling silver Sheaffer Crest fountain pen, which was a modern cartridge / converter reimagining of the 1952-1959 Sheaffer Snorkel. The pen was a special collaboration between Classic Pens, Sheaffer and the Pushkin Prizes, a literary awards program for children in Ireland presided over by the Duchess of Abercorn, a lineal descendant of Aleksandr Pushkin, the founding father of modern Russian literature. The cap is engraved with the poet’s autograph and a quotation in Russian, “and fingers yearn for pen, pen for paper, a moment … and verses freely flow,” one of Aleksandr Pushkin’s favorite stanzas. The cap and barrel are engraved in a high relief barleycorn pattern. The Triumph conical nib is a unique to Sheaffer 18 karat gold design and the trim is 22 karat gold plated. The cap band has CP2 and the 251 of 500 edition number laser engraved. The edition was limited to 500 pieces. It's available for sale on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/373824143534 #fountainpen #sheaffer #classicpens #lambroupens #sheaffer #sheaffercrest #snorkel #sheaffersnorkel #crest #artpen #pencollecting #sterlingsilver #guilloche #penhero https://www.instagram.com/p/CXZisiYPrIb/?utm_medium=tumblr

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This is a Sheaffer Lady Crest Vacuum-fil fountain pen c1941. The 4 3/4 inch long Lady Crest Vacuum-fil first appears in the 1941 catalog alongside the lever-fill pen.   It, too is a Lifetime Feathertouch in a choice of Black or Golden Brown striped celluoid and sold for $12.75. A matching pencil was $5.00.  Note the White Dot is on the barrel near the section and the visulated striped barrel extends from the section to the end cap.  Also note that the section is threaded close to the nib, an unusual feature.  Sheaffer changed their lineup in January, 1942 to conical Triumph nib pens, so this model may have been made only for one year.

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This is a Sheaffer Lady Crest lever-fill pen fountain pen c1938-1941. The 4 3/4 inch long Lady Crest first appears in the 1938 catalog as a lever-fill pen with a visulated section.  The Lady Crest added a smaller gold fill cap Lifetime Feathertouch pen to the line-up in a choice of Black or Golden Brown striped celluoid and sold for $12.75.  A matching pencil was $5.00.   A Vacuum-Fil model was introduced in the 1941 catalog in the same colors.