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The inexpensive Sheaffer NoNonsense/Viewpoint pens are almost turning into collectibles these days. There are, as far as I can remember 3-4 different main 'versions' of them.
Mine is a later Sheaffer Viewpoint pen as one can tell from the dimpled rubber grip.
There are essentially three great things about these pens;
- they are often inexpensive (even the vintage ones) and can be had for about $5-10
- they are really, really excellent writers, and
- there is bound to be a nib that suits you - especially if you like italic ones.
Me, I like fine non-italic nibs and was happy to get one when I bought this demonstrator pen for about $7-8
It unfortunately didn't come with any cartridges or a converter so I wasn't able to try it out right away.
Fast-forward a week and about $8 later (which was about the cost of the pen as well...), this converter (86700) arrived;
It popped straight in...
..filling it with ink from a bottle was a breeze and a few seconds later it was ready to go:
Scribbed down some stuff on today's date in my Hobo and really, REALLY liked how the pen wrote!
(The ink spots are my doing and not the pen's)
Mine is a later Sheaffer Viewpoint pen as one can tell from the dimpled rubber grip.
There are essentially three great things about these pens;
- they are often inexpensive (even the vintage ones) and can be had for about $5-10
- they are really, really excellent writers, and
- there is bound to be a nib that suits you - especially if you like italic ones.
Me, I like fine non-italic nibs and was happy to get one when I bought this demonstrator pen for about $7-8
It unfortunately didn't come with any cartridges or a converter so I wasn't able to try it out right away.
Fast-forward a week and about $8 later (which was about the cost of the pen as well...), this converter (86700) arrived;
It popped straight in...
..filling it with ink from a bottle was a breeze and a few seconds later it was ready to go:
Scribbed down some stuff on today's date in my Hobo and really, REALLY liked how the pen wrote!
(The ink spots are my doing and not the pen's)
