We have visitors from many states stop into our museum and tell us that their folks or grandparents worked there. They learn things from us… we learn things from them. For those with more of an engineering mind, we have drawings used to create new and improved pens throughout the years. Memorabilia dating back to is on display, including Walter A. You can enjoy seeing the many changes from the early pens to the latest. Hard rubber, when original, is shiny black like patent leather.
However, it is very susceptible to light and water and easily deteriorates over the years. Many of our early Sheaffer hard rubber pens have started to oxidize and so are covered to prevent further deterioration. Also fascinating is the progression of the fountain pen from filling by pressing a rubber sac held in its hollow with a lever attached to the outside of the pen cylinder which W.
Sheaffer patented in to a plunger fill and other various improvements resulting in the easy and beautiful fountain pens of today. We also have a display showing the evolution of Skrip writing fluid over the years. Counter top displays and floor show cases were offered to dealers. Previously, all Sheaffer nibs had to be shipped in on a daily basis from the New Jersey plant. If the train was late, production was slowed or halted until it arrived. Reorganized as a Delaware Corporation.
The first Sheaffer mechanical pencil, the Sharp Point, is produced The Sheaffer Sharp Point model pencil used a propel-repel mechanism. It was discontinued in Introduced Gift Sets With the production of pencils, matching pen and pencil sets were sold in new gift boxes. Started the Lifetime guarantee and Lifetime nibs. Engineers and chemists worked together to produce the Feathertouch bi-directional nib and transparent ink reservoir.
Sheaffer passes away, and his son, Craig, leads the company with the same vision as his father. With the addition of a multi-million dollar power plants in Quincy, Illinois and Mt. This pen was an oil based ink with a one millimeter writing ball, which was here to stay. Each bond sold in this manner was accompanied with a decorative Christmas envelops, lettered with the recovered USS Oklahoma Sheaffer pen. Named after a submarine periscope tube, the pen had a Touchdown filling mechanism with a filling tube to eliminate immersing the point and feed when filling.
Sheaffer Pen Company continues to set the standard for fine writing craftsmanship. With distributors from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and Australia, Sheaffer had spread global and remained a stakeholder in the international market. The gala event was attended by a number of celebrities who respected and admired the leadership and foresight of Walter A. Sheaffer, and his son Craig. This ingenious innovation made it impossible to clip the pen in a shirt or pocket when the writing tip was extended, which prevented unwanted ink stains.
With limited production, this pen remains one of the most sought out pens for collectors. With a hi-tech, visually pleasing minimalist design, the Targa collection marked a dramatic shift for Sheaffer and produced over seventy finishes in all. Sheaffer facilities were designed with the express purpose of applying the very popular writing instrument finishes in colorful lacquer and enamel. Sheaffer also started to create quality leather products related to writing, and introduced a medium-priced writing instrument line.
The first plastic body pens with metal caps were introduced in within the Lifetime range. The barrels were made of Radite and the caps were either gold plated or made from silver. Later in production these pens were called Crest. In W A. Sheaffer resigned as President and became chairman of the board of directors. His son Craig succeeded him as president, and the company continued to prosper under his leadership. During the Second World War there was a drastic reduction in the production of writing instuments.
The company manufactured airborne communications plugs, bomb and artillery fuses and an automatic radio-tuning device for the armed forces. In the same year, a new pen called Triumph was made with a circular wrap-around nib. After the war ended, Craig Sheaffer was determined to make up for lost ground; his program included new products, new plant facilities and equipment, and a new merchandising and sales program.
A short film was produced by Sheaffer and shown to dealers to explain what work Sheaffer people had been doing during the war and why regular products were in short supply. Sheaffer passed away on June 19, The Legacy, which he left behind, was one that most men dare only to dream about. In Craig Sheaffer reported the pre-war prices were being maintained on most company products despite rising costs.
With customer reaction being favourable, Sheaffer continue this policy as long as they were able. The main problem was keeping up with customer demand. A particularly significant manufacturing improvement was the installation of equipment for molding pen caps and barrels. This provided both a major decrease in product cost and a substantial increase in product uniformity and quality.
One thing that happened during the war was destined to have a marked and lasting impact on the writing instrument market. This was the introduction of the ballpoint pen. Orginally developed in Europe, produced in Argentina and picked up by the U. After the war, the ballpoint was rushed onto the consumer market amid great fanfare and was eagerly snapped up despite high prices.
The first Sheaffer ballpen was made and sold in ,Other important developments by Sheaffer in the forties were the inner spring pocket clip, the Triumph pen with its conical sheath-type nib, the touchdown filling mechanism, and the Fineline line of popular priced products.
In Sheaffer dedicated a new softball field at its Employees Park, located just outside Fort Madison, with tennis courts, hiking trails, and facilities for camping, picnicking, and other outdoor activities. It was fortunate that the explosion occurred in the office building, if it had happened in the old plow works building, it would probably been destroyed. This incident prompted Sheaffer to replace the old plow works building and contracts for anew main plant were signed in Constuction was completed in and the plow works building, after more than three decades of service to the company, were razed to the ground to make way for an employees parking lot.
Sheaffer employees wrote messages to their counterparts of the year The documents were placed in a tube and sealed in the walls of the lobby of the new building. In November , the 50 millionth Sheaffer pen came off the assembly line. In the company suffered a severe lose with the death of Craig Sheaffer , Son of the founder. Craig was then Board Chairman a position he had held since Sheaffer introduced a new updated line of Lifetime pens in to commemorate its 50th anniversary.
These were the first pens to carry a guarantee for life since In , John A. Keenan was elected company president. The first Nostalgia pens with gold and silver filigree work were introduced in , fashioned on the models from twenties. Sheaffer Eaton continued to devote close attention to its Sheaffer writing instrument line, in a new contemporary line called TRZ was introduced.
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