Product Description
Type fountain pen
Product Name Sheaffer Crest (Re-issue) - Model 596
Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer - 1994
Length 5-1/2"
Filling System Cardtridge/converter. Comes with a squeeze converter.
Color The body and green "opalite" lacquer. The trim is 23K gold-plated.
Nib Sheaffer 18k 750 conical Triumph nib. Medium. (It doesn't look like a medium, but that is how it is marked and these modern Crest nibs always run a little finer than indicated.)
Condition Excellent + condition, though it has been inked. These "Opalite" Crests were prone to barrel shrinkage, and you sometimes find them with converters stuck in the barrel which cannot be removed. This pen does not have the problem, though you can see a little of this shrinkage in the horizontal photo below (note the slight bulge where the section screws in). We removed a small amount of the plastic inside the barrel to allow the converter to fit well.