Product Description
Type Vintage fountain pen and mechanical pencil
Product Name Crest Deluxe Tuckaway (marked 600 on the pencil barrel, signifying the original price of $6.00 for that piece. Marked 1750 on the pen barrel, signifying the original price of $17.50 for that piece. White Dot model, marked on the end of the pen barrel)
Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer USA - late 1940s
Length Fountain pen: 4-7/16"; Mechanical pencil: 4-1/8"
Filling System Vac filler. We've restored it and it's working well. The mechanical pencil takes 0.9mm leads.
Color Brown striped barrels with a 1/10 14k gold-filled caps and trim. The caps has alternating squiggly and straight lines that go up and down it.
Nib Medium 14k two tone triumph nib. It's smooth and firm.
Condition Excellent + condition, in vintage oval box with gold velvet and silk interior. This is a demure, beautiful , shiny set, in a true vintage presentation. The fountain pen has light wear especially toward the end of the barrel. The cap has microscratching and one small dent. The mechanical pencil has some slight microscratching on the barrel. The cap is really beautiful. The pen is engraved "HM" on the cap just above the lip. The imprints are clear.