Re: [ZossPens] Back to pens??? 1940's Sheaffer eyecandy.
- From: isaacson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: Charles Guest <crguest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:17:35 +0000 (UTC)
Hi Charles,
Roseglow is not the same as Carmine, and Roseglow was not used on 1940's
Sheaffers, having been used for Balance and catalogued for various models
mostly through (iirc) 1937 or so and for couple models through 1939. The
striated/striped colors introduced 1936-1938 (iirc the dates) offer five
colors: essentially Brown, Gray, Green, Red, and... Roseglow. Roseglow saw the
shortest production period and is grossly different from the other striated
colors. All the other colors feature a more or less pure pearlescent color
superimposed on black substrate (or, i s'pose black superimposed on a single
pearlescent color). Roseglow's color is a fuchsia/magenta not red like Carmine.
And... the substrate rather than being black is a pearlescent gray silver.
Carmine is considered a high cachet and uncommon Balance color, particularly in
OS (who knows, maybe big wealthy CEO's who wanted $10 OS pens during the heart
of the great depression just didn't wan't lilac in their shirt pockets LOL)
Below are some photo links to Roseglow. Your browser likely will shrink pic to
fit so hit the magnifier.
1) Roseglow and Carmine OS Balance (old montage, forgive the white outline)
http://vacumania.com/penteech/sheafferroseglowcarmine.jpg
2) My fistful of OS Roseglow
http://vacumania.com/penteech/sheafferroseglowfistful.jpg
3) A roseglow Balance Jr. The chrome trim complements the gray in the pen, i
believe. Just sold one like this from the website this week.
http://vacumania.com/penteech/sheafferroseglowjunior66.jpg
Here's the one that just sold. I note that it has an unusually tight striated
pattern, something I believe I've seen only on slender/Junior Roseys.
http://vacumania.com/websitesalespics/pen2023lg.jpg
4) An old Roseglow montage. All items are to scale
http://vacumania.com/penteech/sheafferroseglowspread.jpg
regards
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Guest" <crguest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hello David,
Thank you for posting the great photos. A few you described as "carmine", I
have seen other striped red Sheaffers described as "rose glow". Are these the
same color under different names, or is there some difference? I'm not sure
that I can distinguish between pens having the two different descriptions.
Best regards,
Charles
--- On Sun, 6/7/09, isaacson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <isaacson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: isaacson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <isaacson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ZossPens] Back to pens??? 1940's Sheaffer eyecandy.
To: pens@xxxxxxxx
Cc: "fptalk" <fptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 2:05 AM
I've been working on a profile of 1940's Sheaffers, what with having more than
100 of 'em lying about at the moment. Not quite sure how THAT happened.
Anway, here are 16 pens/sets shot for that profile project, just for kicks.
These aren't so bad, I figure. Insufficiently appreciated pens, IMHO,
especially given the latest repair techniques and materials available from
David N and Ron Z.
Give the pic time to load.
http://vacumania.com/websitelectures/sheaffer1940eyecandy.htm
cheers.
-d
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