Product Description
Type Cartridge/converter filling fountain and ballpoint pen set, working well.
Product Name Targa 1001XG (fountain pen) and Targa 1001X (ballpoint pen).
Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer, made in USA -- they made this model from 1982 to 1988 when they replaced it with the brushed chrome version.
Length Fountain Pen: 5-3/8"; Ballpoint Pen: 5-1/8"
Filling System The fountain pen takes slim Sheaffer style cartridges and converters. The Sheaffer squeeze converters are no longer made, but we have a few and have installed one in the pen. The ballpoint pen takes standard Sheaffer ballpoint refills. A working refill is installed.
Color Brushed stainless steel bodies and caps with shiny gold plated clips. White dots on top of the clip. Matte black disks at each end. Smooth and shiny stainless cone on the ballpoint.
Nib MEDIUM Sheaffer inlaid 14k gold nib.
Condition Excellent + condition, in box, with original stickers on caps. This is a sleek, beautiful, and elegant pen set. The fountain pen has some light scratching under the clip and the clip has a bit of light microscratching. The section has just some light marks from capping. The white dot is perfect. The ballpoint pen has a few long scratches to the right of the clip and the clip has light microscratching. The white dot has a tiny scratch near the top edge. The imprints on both pieces are clear.
The tarnish on the pencil clip (below) has been polished off.
