The careful visitor to my
site will have discovered that I am not above reusing text in the
description of a pen. This is another example of that
time-saving/lazy impulse. There is little to be said about this
pen that I didn't already say about the
330. I should think, based on condition and clip-length, that
this is a slightly newer example of Sheaffer's output, but that and the
difference in cap material aside, this might as well be the same pen.
After the introduction of
the Imperial line in the 1960s, particularly those with inlaid points, a
confusion developed. Sheaffer put out a number of pens that
looked very much like Imperials. Some of them were Imperials,
some had the word Imperial in their full name, and some were simply
referred to as Imperials by people outside Sheaffer's walls because
they looked like that sort of thing. With that in mind, let's be
clear-- this is not an
Imperial. It's a 440, which indicates something very similar to
the Imperial, with a steel point and cap. The steel point is
nothing to sniff at, and this one follows the long Sheaffer tradition
of super-firm but remarkably smooth points. As with the 330, the
white dot on the clip no longer means anything beyond, "Hey, look-- a
Sheaffer!"
Specifications: Fine steel point (in the modern sense, fine-- I'm
tempted to call it medium).
Cartridge filler. 13.1 cm long capped, 14.4 cm posted.
Condition: Excellent, although there's a little dimple in
the cap's top to make me think it got dropped on its head at some time.
Repairs: Much flushing of the feed-- the previous owner was not
in the habit of flushing before storage.
Location: My collection.
For Sale?: As with so
many others, I wouldn't turn down a sufficiently extravagant offer, but
I'm not looking to sell it.
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