Product Description
Type Fountain pen
Product Name Sheaffer Lifetime Triumph, marked as 1250. This model is the pre-war version with the wide cap band.
Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer, USA -- 1940s, the line was introduced in 1942 and was phased out in the 1950s.
Length 5-1/4"
Filling System Vac-filler (works well, just restored here at Peyton Street Pens).
Color Jet black pen with gold plated trim. The middle of the barrel is alternating strips of black and semi-transparent amber. The cap band is 7/8" wide with decorative lines etched in.
Nib Fine 14k Lifetime Triumph nib. It's firm and smooth. The nib writes on the medium side of fine. It was originally two-tone but now it is single-tone.
Condition Excellent + condition. The barrel has a scratch on the barrel and a few on the blind cap. The clip has very little plating wear., just a little brassing on the sides of the tip of the clip. The barrel transparency is very strong and the barrel imprint is clear.