Onto a slightly newer vintage black fountain pen, also belonging to Christopher...
(all photos courtesy of Christopher ~ please click on images to enlarge)
Christopher: "I now have a near mint Sheaffer Standard Jet Flat-top, Circa the first
year the company moved away from the BHR (Black Hard Rubber) to a Dupont plastic for the
make up of their pens. 1924 was also the first year of the Sheaffer
White Dot Warranty, but this new acquisition is sadly lacking in that
department. I should mention that I do have the Jade Green model of this
Sheaffer pen which was the second plastic colour that Sheaffer released
and am only missing the Coral, which I am sure I will turn up in time. "
"But just how I came to having this fine pen was not just getting out and
buying it. I will mention that a while back, I picked up a similar pen
but with a cracked barrel, chipped section and broken feed. Still, I
retained the cap and nib for future use, and that future happened the
other day when I ran across a capless match. And when I say match, it
turned out to be (once restored) a perfect match with the barrel
screwing into the cap as smooth as glass."
(the
original 1924 magazine ad for this pen)
Christopher: "I am also including a snap of
both my Standard and Oversized (see above), the latter having the later Humpback clip,
but both pens are similar and equally good writers."
Many thanks to Christopher for sharing these handsome vintage Sheaffer fountain pens with us :)
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