Product Description
Type Fountain pen and mechanical pencil set
Product Name Tuckaway Sentinel ("Tuckaway" is the model/style, "Sentinel" denotes the plastic body and steel cap with gold trim look.)
Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer, USA
Length Fountain Pen: 4-3/4"; Mechanical Pencil: 4-1/4"
Filling System The pen fills via a touchdown system. We have replaced the O-ring and ink sac and it is working well. The mechanical pencil takes 0.9mm leads. We will include a packet of leads.
Color Black bodies, with stainless steel caps and gold plated trim. Thin amber viewing window. Extremely short clip and the cap has etched squiggely and straight lines that run from top to bottom.
Nib FINE Triumph conical 14k nib.
Condition Excellent condition with no cracks or dents in the metal caps. This is a small pen and pencil set that is well designed and that has classic styling. The fountain pen barrel has heavy bite marks on the blind cap. The cap, tiny clip and cap band have microscratching. The mechanical pencil has moderate scratching with short, deep scratch marks just above the cone and some long deep marks on the body. The cone has a few scratch marks. The cap and cap band have light to moderate microscratching. The clip looks excellent. Both white dots are a bit yellowed. Imprints on both pieces are clear. Be careful when you use these clips, they are not very strong.
