Product Description
Type Fountain Pen
Product Name "Compact II" -- similar to a short Imperial IV. "Comp I" is the stainless steel trim pen and the "Comp II" is the gold filled trim pen.
Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer, USA, 1960s
Length Fountain Pen and Mechanical Pencil are both 4-3/4"
Filling System It takes Sheaffer style cartridges. We will include an ink cartridge. (No Sheaffer converters will fit this model.) The mechanical pencil takes 0.9mm leads.
Color Black barrels with gold filled trim. The fountain pen has a 5/16" cap band and the mechanical pencil has a 3/8" cap band. Both have short, one inch clips. The pen has a visulated barrel with nine window slits -- a rarer form of this model.
Nib 14k semi-flex Fine inlaid nib. Stiff but very smooth.
Condition Superior condition with no cracks, chips, dings, or dents. Both the pen and pencil are shiny and pretty with beautiful trim. The fountain pen has two small scratches mid-barrel and otherwise just microscratching. The mechanical pencil has just microscratching. The imprints on both are clear.
