Wednesday, January 21, 2015

At the Other End of the Sheaffer-Lovers' Club

Back in October, when I posted about this one, I was fairly confident it was Pat Mohan who showed it to me:


It wasn’t. It was Mike Kirk. Pat knew it wasn’t his for two reasons;

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5 comments:

  1. John HubbardJanuary 21, 2015 at 7:18 AM

    Jon, Perhaps Sheaffer could have imprinted these pencils on the barrel since the cap would have been missing from the double-ender configuration.
    John H.

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  2. Jon VeleyJanuary 21, 2015 at 7:22 AM

    Correct, which means the parts were specially made for double-enders (no golf pencils have the imprint in this location).

    If the parts were specifically made for double-enders, the design patent included on the imprint is irrelevant to the pencil. Hence the qeustion: was Sheaffer lazy and reusing the wrong imprint, or was there intent to passively claim patent rights that didn't exist?

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  3. jonroJanuary 21, 2015 at 7:37 AM

    Sheaffer reused parts on different models whenever it made sense and I don't think there was any disreputable intent on their part. Those double-ended pencils are cool.

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  4. Jon VeleyJanuary 21, 2015 at 7:43 AM

    Right - but these parts weren't reused. Look how much longer the two ends are than they are on a golf pencil.

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  5. viktor.mader@web.deJanuary 21, 2015 at 7:50 AM

    Cool pencils!

    Besides, regarding Sheaffer's golf pencil patent: From examining my Sheaffer Balance Combo, I'd bet the pencil-part is identical with the golf pencil.

    Viktor

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