Thanks, David. I'll be watching for it. G On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 7:26 PM, isaacson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <isaacson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Not imaged yet, though I'm hard at work on it. i have some pens though. > But, the next PENnant will have the whole shebang :) > > regards > > David > > > > ________________________________ > From: Gerald Berg <gberg@xxxxxxx> > To: fptalk <fptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 7:21 PM > Subject: Re: News: Sheaffer was not the first to offer Triumph > > Any pictures of the "other" Triumphs? > > Gerry > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 5:45 PM, isaacson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <isaacson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> Sheaffer is well known for having introduced the Triumph family of pens >> during the 1940's, pens that featured a conical sheath nib that eventually >> would take name from the pen becoming known as the Triumph nib. >> >> Turns out Sheaffer was late to the party with the name Triumph. >> >> Just as Waterman's vaunted Patrician took that name after another pen >> maker (in this case, Parker) had used it for a pen, it turns out Sheaffer >> lifted a name that had been used more than a decade before Sheaffer adopted >> it, offered by another company, nationally distributed as a Gold Bond >> model offered by Montgomery Ward, the famous catalogue and brick-and-mortar >> chain store. >> >> I'm pleased to bring this information to the collecting population's >> attention. >> >> To learn more about Gold Bond's Triumph fountain pen, do watch for the >> next issue of PENnant Magazine, free with subscription to the Pen Collectors >> of America, in a powerful article written by someone or other, tentatively >> titled, "Pens From The Monkey Ward Part 2: Of Triumphs and Hercules" >> >> Regards >> >> David >> >> To Unsubscribe: Send email to fptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with >> "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. The email that you then receive MUST be >> replied to per instructions to complete the process. > ========================================================To Unsubscribe: Send > email to fptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject > field. The email that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions > to complete the process. > > ========================================================= To Unsubscribe: Send email to fptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. The email that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions to complete the process.