![]() That brings us back to the 1942-5 War Era pens such as the one in my first post. So, we have the basis for finding at least brown and maybe other colors in post-war Autograph. One could order a music nib in 1947 in a large pen, but only in certain trims and only in certain colors for the trims that were available. The Sheaffer Workbook is rife with quirks. I'm hardly convinced this retrospective is accurate, but. in all five striped colors! I've seen an Autograph post-war Tucky in brown (might not actually own one myself) in addition to the usual black. That same Workbook showing only black in its current 1947 catalogue section offers the Tuckaway as Autograph in retrospect (1945+) in a table that features 6 different models along with Autograph. I personally own 2 such pens in brown stripe. But, the retrospective portion when describing the Valiant II (The $12.50 gold-filled-trim version, also 1945+) cites an Autograph model at $20, and claims black and brown stripe were so offered in plunger fill, and that only black was offered in lever fill (why? I don't know. I'll defer chat on that point for now.įor post war pens the 1947 Workbook, in its 1947 Catalogue, shows only Black for the "For Your Autograph" model with gold trim. Problem of course is that sometimes there appears to be errors in the retrospective stuff. Perhaps the Rosetta Stone for that era is the 1947 Sheaffer Workbook, which besides containing a retrospective look at a many models, sometimes defining time of appearance and termination, offers a 1947 concurrent catalogue. We have many adverts (National Geographic, etc) and a couple small pamphlets, but the information within poses challenges to process. No one has as of yet coughed up a true full catalogue from 1942-1946, and indeed iirc a Company Review newsletter from around 1950 cites prior catalogues by image and does not claim any exist from this time. ![]() For 1930's Sheaffer Balance we might have 9 major catalogues and company pamphlets. One challenge to collecting 1940s Sheaffers is a lack of consistent concurrent info. September 2010: I've not seen 14K-banded "TRIUMPH" items in colors other than black, but given the apparently off-catalog Autograph Balance items that turn up, I wouldn't rule it out completely. In fact, here is a quote from Daniel Kirchheimer, who obsesses perhaps more than anyone about Sheaffers from this era, the last time or two ago this subject arose here, More on that in a bit.įocusing on the gold-trimmed plastic pens (not solid metal cap) pens from the era, the pens collectors call Autograph, nearly 100% found (99.5%, 99.9%?) are black. I would not suggest green "casually" as an Triumph Autograph color. This covers 1942-1947, since in 1948 Sheaffer moved to Forticel (an injection plastic) for pen manufacture. ![]() During both eras, solid gold trim pens ( Autograph line, generalizing a term used for at least some Sheaffers with such trim) turn up overwhelmingly in black. We tend (as did Sheaffer, in retrospect) to cluster 1940's celluloid Sheaffer pens into War (WWII) Eraand Post War pens. This is a question of interest to me, as I've done a bit of research in this arena. I have several 14K band Triumphs but all in black, green Autograph Triumph is rare to me.Īre there any other color for Autograph Triumph besides black and green ? I saw this pen too but unfortunately the seller only sell within US.
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