Maker: Sheaffer
This page refers to the Balance model using this name. You may be looking for a sub-model of Triumph, Touchdown, or TipDip.
The Craftsman was just about the bottom of the line-up, beat out only by the Junior. The earlier pens of this model had points marked simply 3, but near the transition to the Triumph era this became a 33… if not after.
Production Run: 1938 – 1942 (the shape of this model changed substantially in the Triumph era).
Cost When New: $3.50 (for modern value, try this calculator).
Size: 13.9 cm long capped, 15.7 cm posted, 11.5 cm uncapped.
Point: 14k gold.
Body: Celluloid.
Filler: Lever, capacity approx. 1.0 ml or vacuum filler, capacity approx. 1.5 ml
Sheaffer Craftsman Balance, grey pearl striated. I swapped out the point in this one for one with tipping, as someone has broken the tipping off the original. My reward for this industry is that the replacement is a factory stub.
Sheaffer Craftsman, vacuum filler, black. The numbers under the barrel impression are a price code, not a model number.
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