Product Description
Type | mechanical pencil - .9mm |
Product Name | "Vintage" aka Grapes and Leaves is from the Imperial line of pens based on the clip style. They only made ballpoints and pencils, as far as we know, in this pattern. (When they re-used it for the Targa line, they did make slim fountain pen.) |
Manufacturer and Year | Sheaffer, USA, 1970s |
Length | 5-1/16" |
Filling System | It takes .9mm lead (also called "Thin" lead by Sheaffer). |
Color | Gold filled 12k, with a lovely tooled or engraved look to the design of grapes and leaves. |
Condition | Very nice, though it has some small dents and scratches near the tip. There is an area on the barrel where is appears to have been tested for gold content. (Geez, can't people read the mark that says 12k GF?) |