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sheafer_white_dot_a188
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Made in
U.S.A
 
Description
Sheaffer white dot special editon
Condition*
Beautifull condition
 
Measurements
6 inch
 
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Location
Montréal, Canada
 
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Sheaffer is a pen company that manufactures writing instruments including ballpoint, fountain and rollerball pens and mechanical pencils. It is famous for its “school” lineup of fountain pens, as well as calligraphy sets.
Sheaffer is owned by the BIC Corporation; its trademark is a white dot. Sheaffer's fountain pen ink is called “Sheaffer Skrip”.
Many of Sheaffer's pen range are characterized by the classic Sheaffer inlaid nib. Sheaffer has developed several different filler systems for their fountain pen, such as the Touchdown Filler (introduced in 1949), and, in 1952, the Snorkel extending filler tube, both of which allow for bottled ink to be used without dismantling the pen.
The company was founded by Walter A. Sheaffer, who designed in 1907 and patented in August 1908 a lever-activated pen filling apparatus. In 1912, Sheaffer used his life savings to start the Sheaffer company, which started with seven employees and operated in the back of a Fort Madison, IA jewelry store. On January 1, 1913, the W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company was incorporated with an initial investment of $35,000.

 
 
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In 1922, the company introduced its own line of bottled inks for use with its fountain pens. Called Sheaffer Skrip ink, it was intended to flow more smoothly and blend more easily than other inks. In 1924 Sheaffer produced jade green pens made of a material Sheaffer called Radite. Prior to that time most fountain pens were black hard rubber. The introduction of colored pens proved popular and by 1925 Sheaffer had captured 25 percent of the U.S. pen market. Sheaffer maintained this market share throughout the years of the Great Depression. The Sheaffer White Dot trademark first appeared in 1924 on the Jade Radite and Black Radite flat-top fountain pen.
In 1987 Sheaffer introduced the world's first pen with a plastic body and a fitted metal cap, a year later known as the Crest. Other well-known models include the Balance, the PFM, the Sheaffer Targa, the TRZ, the Connoisseur, the Prelude, the Javelin, the Snorkel, the Touchdown, and the Nostalgia.

 
 
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