Product Description
| Type | Fountain pen with "Touchdown" filling system |
| Product Name | Statesman .... this is the fat, pre-TM version |
| Manufacturer and Year | Sheaffer 1949 (the nib has a serial number) |
| Length | 5-1/4" |
| Filling System | Touchdown system. We've replaced the sac and O-ring, and it's working very well. |
| Color | Evergreen, a darker green color with gold plated trim. |
| Nib | 2-tone 14k "Sheaffer's" nib is unmarked, but medium and rather firm. |
| Condition | Very nice user grade condition, with little to no brassing. There are some small indents on the barrel, they sort of look like tooth-marks, as well as a couple small scratches. The cap also has some scratches and minor tooth-marks. The worst of the scratches and the worst of the tooth-marks are shown in the photos below. |
