Product Description
Type Vintage fountain pen
Product Name Sheaffer 3-25 (Flat Top) ... the pens with the 3-25 marked nibs can be found in a variety of configurations including junior and ring top, but this is the full size version. There is a "D" etched into the end of the barrel, indicating the maker of the radite material (Dupont).
Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer USA -- circa later 1920s or early 1930s (high mounted clip)
Length 5-1/4"
Filling System Lever filler. We've replaced the sac and it's working perfectly.
Color Orange radite (the same color as red hard rubber, but it's plastic). Gold plated trim with a high mounted straight clip. The pen is personalized on the barrel, "A.W.".
Nib EXTRA-FINE gold Sheaffer's #3-25 nib.
Condition Very nice condition for this shiny, slim pen in a great color. The barrel has marks caused by the cap lip and moderate wear throughout, especially near the end. It is personalized on the barrel in very small initials, "A.W." The section has a number of tool marks and scratches. The cap has a crack that goes from the cap band to the cap lip and moderate to some heavy scratching, please see bottom photo below. The cap band has lots of microscratching and plating wear along the top edge. The clip has moderate microscratching and plating wear on the ball end. The imprints are clear.