Viewer neofliermike noticed, where I completely missed it, that the vintage Sheaffer student pen has an ebonite feed. I wasn't even thinking of it and didn't even recognize it when I was staring at it! Good catch! Thank you!
I actually put converters in my pens out preference as I prefer filling the pen myself like my car. Red cartridges and refills are almost impossible to get in Australia, especially the gels. Seems importers are paranoid about getting stuck with them so they don't give you the option.
I recently acquired a vintage Sheaffer student pen (silver/chrome cap, green plastic barrel) with 1 dried-out ink cartridge. Cleaned it thoroughly, used a syringe to refill the cartridge with Parker Quink black ink, and was pleasantly surprised with the performance of this pen. It's a smooth writer with decent ink flow. Many thanks for your excellent videos.
Just ordered a blue Schaffer pen. $20, including tax, with free shipping. I was looking for a medium, but this one is a fine - hoping it won’t be scratchy. I remember using these pens, and my mother, a school teacher, would write letters to me on onion skin paper (back when I was attending boarding school in the USA- our home was in Central America.). I prefer slim, light pens - I’ve always had a light touch - so, I’m looking forward to touching base with the pen and stirring my childhood memories. Btw, it’s not been easy for me to find slim pens with a nice feel and balance. I was pretty much fully grown by the 8th grade, so physically I don’t think the pen will feel like a misfit😉, as it did for you. The only concern will be for the feel of the nib in paper. The seller showed a writing sample that looked decent. I’m hopeful.
Nostalgia is what drove me to buy a blue and a red Pop. You’re right- for the money they are a decent. I’ve also bought a couple of plastic Sheaffer italic fountain pen sets. Sometimes it’s interesting and good fun just to use some good quality,basic pens.
I’m only at the halfway mark at this point in my viewing, and I already feel compelled to express how awesome this video is. Thanks, Doug, for putting in all the work that it takes to produce such interesting and engaging videos.
Doug, I am delighted you made this video! I had almost the same experience as you. Nostalgia caused me to search and find the exact pen I used on eBay a couple of years ago. It was the Sheaffer student clear blue demonstrator model and cost me $25.00. I love having the pen and showing it to friends as the pen I used in grade school, but I will probably never use it. Thanks!
Hi Doug, what a walk down memory lane. I had the same writer in 73/74 and mine was yellow. Whenever the local drug store had a new shipment of Sheaffer ink, I loaded up on peacock blue! It was and still is so beautiful. What a wonderful episode. Thanks again. Stay well and healthy!
I like those Pop fountain pens. Ordered me a couple. Remember using the Sheaffer Student pens. Owned about 6 of them. Lost them all on my move to Denver in 1999.
My first fountain pen was, as yours, the Scheaffer Student of an earlier vintage than yours purchased in 1960. It had a clear barrel and I continued using it through high school. Like you, I found and purchased one just like my original on ebay. Needless to say, I waxed nostalgic just holding it.
My first fountain pens were all Sheaffers : 1) a purple Nononsense, 2) a black/metal cap Student, 3) calligraphy set. I still have the Nononsense. I used the parts of the Student to improve an Indian Airmail 71J . Yes, the nib and feed are friction fit and can be easily removed. And I don't know what happened to the calligraphy set (I might have "given" it [without my knowledge] to my little sister.) Thanks for the nostalgic moment.
I didn't relive any memories with this pen, but I did catch your reference to Sheaffer Peacock Blue. That's the ink that got me through high school and my undergrad years. A great ink!
@@InkquiringMinds That seems to be the consensus on Fountain Pen Network, too. I haven't tried them out because I think my tastes have changed a bit over the decades. I currently lean towards Iroshizuku ku-jaku, which is less in-your-face. Of course, everything seemed brighter in the 60's, or is that just my selective memory?
This was my first pen in the late 50s. It was either the Sheaffer student or Esterbrook. I always liked the writing experience of the Sheaffer over the Esterbrook, much smoother. I even used a syringe to refill the cartridges with Peacock blue which was my favorite ink back then and a bottle of ink was much cheaper than the cartridges based upon ink volume. I used mine all through high school and my Mom got me a Parker 51 for graduation which I still use today. Nice tribute to my first pen.
Good job you didnt mention SNAFU Doug, I have just bought a British, Helix Oxford school pen for £6.99p which would have cost about 5 shillings circa 1961 when I started secondary school, the equivalent today is exactly £7.00 the pen is all metal and a perfect fit for my adult hand it would have appeared huge back in the day
@@InkquiringMinds Two shillings and sixpence was half of five shillings back in the fifties and sixties also known as half a crown or colloquially as half a dollar. At that time there was roughly four US dollars to the pound, so five shillings was known as a dollar or correctly as a crown. The florrin or two shillings was known as two bob, a shilling was a bob, our sixpence was known as a tanner the threpenny bit was known as a threpenny joey. So now Doug, you know why us Brits are totally FUBAR
Thanks Doug! Not many reviews of the Pop out there so this should help people. I purchased a red one from Office Max /Depot for $20 in a graduation sale set. Considering it came with 5 cartridges and a converter was an excellent deal. It does have a considerable step down, but the rubber grip section does well to help limit evaporation.
@@stargazer1359 Mine was labeled as an Award, interesting to know that they are actually different pens. I thought they just changed the name when they came out with the Star Wars models.
@@stargazer1359 Probably the mid to late eighties. Black pen lots of colored ink cartidges, 3 nib sizes. I still have it and all the evaporated cartidges I didnt use. The primary negative was that eventually the cap cracked - I do have a roller ball version, so I could fix it. The roller ball put me off sheaffer pens after a while since even when new right out of the store the replaceable cartidge didnt work at least the store let me replace, it took about 3 tries. The roller ball was from when we first started getting the big box office supply stores in Wisconsin.
Thanks for an interesting stroll down Memory Lane, where the side streets are never as remembered, and there's been a shopping mall built! Ftr, my first fountain pen (bought by my parents as I went to secondary school in 1976) was an Osmiroid with a Left Handed nib. That pen left far more ink on my hands, in my bag, and in my pockets than it ever did on the pages of my exercise books. I have absolutely no intention of seeking out and purchasing that model. Ever.
Thanks for the memories. I also got my first fountain pen back not long ago. And came to mostly the same conclusions. Mine was much later, a late 90s Centropen Ruby. I remember it in some wacky colours but couldn't find the one to spark memories so I got a transparent one. To *clear* my memories. Surprisingly enough, Centropen still makes the pen some thirty years later. It's thin, nib stiff as nail and lays oddly inconsistent line. But it's a part of my personal history. And one thing I'm grateful for it teaching me is that rollerballs aren't friends to my left hand and that there are objectively better options. Which is why I spent most of my school years using ... well, fine liners, actually.
If you want "fat" big pens from the 70s, you need to go with a Parker Duofold or Sheaffer's homage to same, the No Nonsense Pen! I collect No Nonsense pens. I don't like them for writing anymore, since I can't find any nibs fine enough, and in fact, I have a hard time finding anything other than those untipped chisels that Sheaffer called their italic nibs. Probably about five years ago, I was able to score a translucent blue Sheaffer student pen in fine that matched the one I had in grade school. I still love the writing experience with it, especially reverse writing. I grew to love that "scratchiness" that meant the line was VERY fine, although I did have to do a lot of "flossing" the nib with the edge of a sheet of notebook paper to clean out the paper fibers! lol Now I'm going to have to get a Sheaffer Pop. Just to add to my Sheaffer collection! The best price I can point you to for Sheaffer No Nonsense pens on fleabay is from a guy in India, who apparently stumbled onto an entire shop full of NOS No Nonsense pens he sells for $13.00, and the ones I have bought from him all had to be signed for on delivery (or later pickup at the Post Office as it usually turned out). (collectiblevintagestore on that auction site. I will vouch that you get what you pay for, but beware the shipping is SLOW.)
My first decent fountain pen was a grey Esterbrook J. Loved it, but it was lost when I was in college. So, I got a Sheaffer squared off student pen in about 1990. Was not really a favourite of mine... Though, with several reviews of the Sheaffer student pen recently, I am thinking about getting one, to give them a second chance. And now, I'm interested in the Pop. Thanks... 😁 As always, enjoy your reviews!
Didn’t know that Sheaffer VFMs are bad ! Now I’m thanking myself for spending a little extra $$ and purchasing Sheaffer 100 as my first ‘semi-premium’ fountain pen a few months ago.. Just like you, I was also bitten by nostalgia and bought a few Hero fountain pens which we used to revere during our student days.. Just like you, I’m just going to keep them in my collection since they’re unacceptably scratchy to write !
I had the size shock experience with a Big Mac but not a pen. They seemed huge in my single digit days. Then at some point I had a "Did they shrink these?" moment over lunch. We didn't use fountain pens in school. You were a big kid when you started using a ballpoint and not constantly crossing out. In high school the pen to beat was the Pilot pen with the metal tip. The one that looks like a fineliner. Loved those things. Were they always rollerballs?I just found that out and it's blowing my mind. They're so dang smooth. Haven't bought one in years.
I,too, had and loved A student Schaeffer fountain pen. Mine had a green barrel color. I have no idea what happened to it. Your review made me nostalgic.
Glad you could revive your memories with the pen, a local seller had them for around 6 dlls in several colors including blue but I guess shipping to Canada wouldn't be that much cheaper
Also my first fountain pen. I bought it in my college bookstore in 1978. I still have mine, and, likewise, don't write with it. And, likewise, I'll never give it away.
I've bought 3 osmiroid 75 pens I had one when aged 10 that's 51 yes ago i bought one for £1.00 spares/ repair i used ultrasonic cleaner it was like new,they had screw nib units calligraphy etc,same thread as Esterbrooks.As you found they seem very slim light too.
I found fortunate that although you have to do a little trimming in the modern Sheaffer cartridges, the piston cartridge converter fit quite nicely, I'm talking by experience with a Sheaffer Imperial, and a Sheaffer stylist (wich is really slender).
I like the Sheaffer student, maybe looks small but I think it is a sensible size for the hands of s elementary schooler. The Sheaffer pop reminds me a lot the designs (especially the clip) of the Sheaffer Targa, although less elegant, chubbier, and well, cheaper😅. Thank you for the video Doug.
@@jorge23483 I think you're right, Jorge. But it is more than that too. I think that people don't have fine motor skills of kids who grew up taking penmanship in school. It takes fine motor control in your hand to control a slim pen. The chunkier the pen (or crayon) the easier it is to manipulate. So modern pens have increased in girth compared to the pens of the 60's and 70's.
@@InkquiringMinds Yeah, most probably. But I still think the Sheaffer Pop's dimensions are slightly off. But is lightweight so most probably a kid could be capable of use it. Although, personally I would give them a Platinum preppy, it's cheaper 😂
Hi Doug, ooooh fancy Sheaffer it's a lovely pen. I wanted to expand on the idea of gender, as social science/humanities students we often discuss that gender is a social construction and that we perform gender. Today, I am writing (tying to write) an essay on gender and film noir, I am looking at the classic film Double Indemnity. Anyways, keep up the good work :) Chels
@@InkquiringMinds I watched the Double Indemnity yesterday and loved it, classic Film Noir. I really liked the filming style and I can totally see how 1920's German cinema influenced this movement.
Ah yes, I also have a Sheaffer Student pen or two. They are rattling about the house somewhere still. Two versions; one torpedo style/clear which I was really attracted to, and a blue ends chopped off which for some reason angered me when I realized that it had been redesigned (probably to save a ¼ of a cent), apologies to Sigmund Freud. The single element of high school that I appreciated.
Viewer neofliermike
noticed, where I completely missed it, that the vintage Sheaffer student pen has an ebonite feed. I wasn't even thinking of it and didn't even recognize it when I was staring at it! Good catch! Thank you!
I actually put converters in my pens out preference as I prefer filling the pen myself like my car. Red cartridges and refills are almost impossible to get in Australia, especially the gels. Seems importers are paranoid about getting stuck with them so they don't give you the option.
I recently acquired a vintage Sheaffer student pen (silver/chrome cap, green plastic barrel) with 1 dried-out ink cartridge. Cleaned it thoroughly, used a syringe to refill the cartridge with Parker Quink black ink, and was pleasantly surprised with the performance of this pen. It's a smooth writer with decent ink flow. Many thanks for your excellent videos.
Thanks, Robi!
Just ordered a blue Schaffer pen. $20, including tax, with free shipping. I was looking for a medium, but this one is a fine - hoping it won’t be scratchy. I remember using these pens, and my mother, a school teacher, would write letters to me on onion skin paper (back when I was attending boarding school in the USA- our home was in Central America.). I prefer slim, light pens - I’ve always had a light touch - so, I’m looking forward to touching base with the pen and stirring my childhood memories. Btw, it’s not been easy for me to find slim pens with a nice feel and balance. I was pretty much fully grown by the 8th grade, so physically I don’t think the pen will feel like a misfit😉, as it did for you. The only concern will be for the feel of the nib in paper. The seller showed a writing sample that looked decent. I’m hopeful.
Thanks for sharing, Clinton!
Nostalgia is what drove me to buy a blue and a red Pop. You’re right- for the money they are a decent. I’ve also bought a couple of plastic Sheaffer italic fountain pen sets. Sometimes it’s interesting and good fun just to use some good quality,basic pens.
I was surprised at how the pen feels and writes.
I’m only at the halfway mark at this point in my viewing, and I already feel compelled to express how awesome this video is. Thanks, Doug, for putting in all the work that it takes to produce such interesting and engaging videos.
Thank you so much, Oscar. That's wonderful of you to say.
Doug, I am delighted you made this video! I had almost the same experience as you. Nostalgia caused me to search and find the exact pen I used on eBay a couple of years ago. It was the Sheaffer student clear blue demonstrator model and cost me $25.00. I love having the pen and showing it to friends as the pen I used in grade school, but I will probably never use it. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing! It is oddly satisfying to hold something that you had in your hands so many years ago.
Hi Doug, what a walk down memory lane. I had the same writer in 73/74 and mine was yellow. Whenever the local drug store had a new shipment of Sheaffer ink, I loaded up on peacock blue! It was and still is so beautiful. What a wonderful episode. Thanks again. Stay well and healthy!
I always snatched up the packs of Peacock when they were on the shelves!
I like those Pop fountain pens. Ordered me a couple. Remember using the Sheaffer Student pens. Owned about 6 of them. Lost them all on my move to Denver in 1999.
Who knew those pens would be highly sought after 50 years later?
My first fountain pen was, as yours, the Scheaffer Student of an earlier vintage than yours purchased in 1960. It had a clear barrel and I continued using it through high school. Like you, I found and purchased one just like my original on ebay. Needless to say, I waxed nostalgic just holding it.
I don't remember seeing the clear ones in the late 60's early 70's. Just the solid colours, black, red, blue, light blue.
My first fountain pens were all Sheaffers : 1) a purple Nononsense, 2) a black/metal cap Student, 3) calligraphy set. I still have the Nononsense. I used the parts of the Student to improve an Indian Airmail 71J . Yes, the nib and feed are friction fit and can be easily removed. And I don't know what happened to the calligraphy set (I might have "given" it [without my knowledge] to my little sister.)
Thanks for the nostalgic moment.
Thanks Alain!
I didn't relive any memories with this pen, but I did catch your reference to Sheaffer Peacock Blue. That's the ink that got me through high school and my undergrad years. A great ink!
They don't make that Peacock blue anymore but the Sheaffer Turquoise is close, as are Noodlers Navajo Turquoise and Lamy Turquoise.
@@InkquiringMinds That seems to be the consensus on Fountain Pen Network, too. I haven't tried them out because I think my tastes have changed a bit over the decades. I currently lean towards Iroshizuku ku-jaku, which is less in-your-face. Of course, everything seemed brighter in the 60's, or is that just my selective memory?
This was my first pen in the late 50s. It was either the Sheaffer student or Esterbrook. I always liked the writing experience of the Sheaffer over the Esterbrook, much smoother. I even used a syringe to refill the cartridges with Peacock blue which was my favorite ink back then and a bottle of ink was much cheaper than the cartridges based upon ink volume. I used mine all through high school and my Mom got me a Parker 51 for graduation which I still use today. Nice tribute to my first pen.
I liked the Sheaffer ink bottle back then. It was glass and had a little inkwell or trough on the inside to help fill the pen.
Yes. I still have a couple.
Good job you didnt mention SNAFU Doug, I have just bought a British, Helix Oxford school pen for £6.99p which would have cost about 5 shillings circa 1961 when I started secondary school, the equivalent today is exactly £7.00 the pen is all metal and a perfect fit for my adult hand it would have appeared huge back in the day
SNAFU is an acronym that was FUBAR by the British. LOL How much was 5 shillings in 1961?
@@InkquiringMinds Two shillings and sixpence was half of five shillings back in the fifties and sixties also known as half a crown or colloquially as half a dollar. At that time there was roughly four US dollars to the pound, so five shillings was known as a dollar or correctly as a crown. The florrin or two shillings was known as two bob, a shilling was a bob, our sixpence was known as a tanner the threpenny bit was known as a threpenny joey. So now Doug, you know why us Brits are totally FUBAR
@@robertreid7221 Wow! My brain just exploded!
Thanks Doug! Not many reviews of the Pop out there so this should help people. I purchased a red one from Office Max /Depot for $20 in a graduation sale set. Considering it came with 5 cartridges and a converter was an excellent deal. It does have a considerable step down, but the rubber grip section does well to help limit evaporation.
I was surprised I like it so much. I certainly like it much more than a Lamy Safari.
My first fp was a Sheaffer 44. I still have it! (Didn't use it much, guess I'll have to use it now) Thanks for the fun review!
Thanks for sharing, Wendy! :)
My first fountain pen was a Sheaffer No Nonsense in white......Loved it!
Check out the Sheaffer Award Doug....I have a few...a bit shorter and posts the same way.
@@stargazer1359 Mine was labeled as an Award, interesting to know that they are actually different pens. I thought they just changed the name when they came out with the Star Wars models.
Cool! My first fountain pen was a No Nonsense Caligraphy set!
@@edisontrent5244 This was in 1977....and yours?
@@stargazer1359 Probably the mid to late eighties. Black pen lots of colored ink cartidges, 3 nib sizes. I still have it and all the evaporated cartidges I didnt use. The primary negative was that eventually the cap cracked - I do have a roller ball version, so I could fix it. The roller ball put me off sheaffer pens after a while since even when new right out of the store the replaceable cartidge didnt work at least the store let me replace, it took about 3 tries. The roller ball was from when we first started getting the big box office supply stores in Wisconsin.
Thanks for an interesting stroll down Memory Lane, where the side streets are never as remembered, and there's been a shopping mall built!
Ftr, my first fountain pen (bought by my parents as I went to secondary school in 1976) was an Osmiroid with a Left Handed nib. That pen left far more ink on my hands, in my bag, and in my pockets than it ever did on the pages of my exercise books. I have absolutely no intention of seeking out and purchasing that model. Ever.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the memories. I also got my first fountain pen back not long ago. And came to mostly the same conclusions. Mine was much later, a late 90s Centropen Ruby. I remember it in some wacky colours but couldn't find the one to spark memories so I got a transparent one. To *clear* my memories. Surprisingly enough, Centropen still makes the pen some thirty years later. It's thin, nib stiff as nail and lays oddly inconsistent line. But it's a part of my personal history.
And one thing I'm grateful for it teaching me is that rollerballs aren't friends to my left hand and that there are objectively better options. Which is why I spent most of my school years using ... well, fine liners, actually.
Thanks for sharing, Hrnek! Awesome!
If you want "fat" big pens from the 70s, you need to go with a Parker Duofold or Sheaffer's homage to same, the No Nonsense Pen! I collect No Nonsense pens. I don't like them for writing anymore, since I can't find any nibs fine enough, and in fact, I have a hard time finding anything other than those untipped chisels that Sheaffer called their italic nibs.
Probably about five years ago, I was able to score a translucent blue Sheaffer student pen in fine that matched the one I had in grade school. I still love the writing experience with it, especially reverse writing. I grew to love that "scratchiness" that meant the line was VERY fine, although I did have to do a lot of "flossing" the nib with the edge of a sheet of notebook paper to clean out the paper fibers! lol
Now I'm going to have to get a Sheaffer Pop. Just to add to my Sheaffer collection! The best price I can point you to for Sheaffer No Nonsense pens on fleabay is from a guy in India, who apparently stumbled onto an entire shop full of NOS No Nonsense pens he sells for $13.00, and the ones I have bought from him all had to be signed for on delivery (or later pickup at the Post Office as it usually turned out). (collectiblevintagestore on that auction site. I will vouch that you get what you pay for, but beware the shipping is SLOW.)
Good info! Thanks!
I like the look of that Pop, AND it is in my price range. Call me "student".
You're a student! :)
My first decent fountain pen was a grey Esterbrook J. Loved it, but it was lost when I was in college. So, I got a Sheaffer squared off student pen in about 1990. Was not really a favourite of mine... Though, with several reviews of the Sheaffer student pen recently, I am thinking about getting one, to give them a second chance.
And now, I'm interested in the Pop. Thanks... 😁
As always, enjoy your reviews!
Thank you, Paul! :)
Didn’t know that Sheaffer VFMs are bad ! Now I’m thanking myself for spending a little extra $$ and purchasing Sheaffer 100 as my first ‘semi-premium’ fountain pen a few months ago..
Just like you, I was also bitten by nostalgia and bought a few Hero fountain pens which we used to revere during our student days.. Just like you, I’m just going to keep them in my collection since they’re unacceptably scratchy to write !
Well my VFM is awful. Some may like theirs. Mine almost had me swearing off fountain pens forever.
I had the size shock experience with a Big Mac but not a pen. They seemed huge in my single digit days. Then at some point I had a "Did they shrink these?" moment over lunch.
We didn't use fountain pens in school. You were a big kid when you started using a ballpoint and not constantly crossing out. In high school the pen to beat was the Pilot pen with the metal tip. The one that looks like a fineliner. Loved those things. Were they always rollerballs?I just found that out and it's blowing my mind. They're so dang smooth. Haven't bought one in years.
The Papermate Flair was the pen of status in my high school. They came, and still do, in a huge range of colours.
@@InkquiringMinds Oh yes, the Flairs are still hot. The multicolor packs are like candy.
3:10 great unboxing😂
I know right? Cost $20US!
Great video as always. I haven’t had rosebuds in years, or seen them, I hope they still make them because I want some now
I hope so too! Thanks, Sean!
I,too, had and loved A student Schaeffer fountain pen. Mine had a green barrel color. I have no idea what happened to it. Your review made me nostalgic.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Glad you could revive your memories with the pen, a local seller had them for around 6 dlls in several colors including blue but I guess shipping to Canada wouldn't be that much cheaper
No. I had an ebay watch on this era and model for months and months. Finally got one that was at least reasonable.
Also my first fountain pen. I bought it in my college bookstore in 1978. I still have mine, and, likewise, don't write with it. And, likewise, I'll never give it away.
Precisely!
That was a very enjoyable comparison, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I've bought 3 osmiroid 75 pens I had one when aged 10 that's 51 yes ago i bought one for £1.00 spares/ repair i used ultrasonic cleaner it was like new,they had screw nib units calligraphy etc,same thread as Esterbrooks.As you found they seem very slim light too.
Thank you, Steven!
I found fortunate that although you have to do a little trimming in the modern Sheaffer cartridges, the piston cartridge converter fit quite nicely, I'm talking by experience with a Sheaffer Imperial, and a Sheaffer stylist (wich is really slender).
Yes. They have remained consistent. Modern converters will fit a Targa for example.
I like the Sheaffer student, maybe looks small but I think it is a sensible size for the hands of s elementary schooler. The Sheaffer pop reminds me a lot the designs (especially the clip) of the Sheaffer Targa, although less elegant, chubbier, and well, cheaper😅.
Thank you for the video Doug.
Thanks, Jorge. Yes, it was a perfect fit for a seventh grader.
@@InkquiringMinds Now I wonder. With the Sheaffer Pop's dimensions, aren't that pen more for adults rediscovering fountainpens🖋️? 😅
@@jorge23483 I think you're right, Jorge. But it is more than that too. I think that people don't have fine motor skills of kids who grew up taking penmanship in school. It takes fine motor control in your hand to control a slim pen. The chunkier the pen (or crayon) the easier it is to manipulate. So modern pens have increased in girth compared to the pens of the 60's and 70's.
@@InkquiringMinds Yeah, most probably. But I still think the Sheaffer Pop's dimensions are slightly off. But is lightweight so most probably a kid could be capable of use it. Although, personally I would give them a Platinum preppy, it's cheaper 😂
Old is always Gold. I have two of the old Student Edition and I simply love the smooth nib. Sadly Sheaffers no longer make such iconic pens.
The new POP is decent enough but a totally different writing experience from the vintage pen.
Hi Doug, ooooh fancy Sheaffer it's a lovely pen. I wanted to expand on the idea of gender, as social science/humanities students we often discuss that gender is a social construction and that we perform gender. Today, I am writing (tying to write) an essay on gender and film noir, I am looking at the classic film Double Indemnity.
Anyways, keep up the good work :)
Chels
That is one of my all-time favourite films, Chels! Barbara Stanwick is incredible.
@@InkquiringMinds I watched the Double Indemnity yesterday and loved it, classic Film Noir. I really liked the filming style and I can totally see how 1920's German cinema influenced this movement.
@@misswoodhouse5720 Not surprising since Billy Wilder had his start as a scriptwriter during the heyday of German Expressionism.
Ah yes, I also have a Sheaffer Student pen or two. They are rattling about the house somewhere still. Two versions; one torpedo style/clear which I was really attracted to, and a blue ends chopped off which for some reason angered me when I realized that it had been redesigned (probably to save a ¼ of a cent), apologies to Sigmund Freud. The single element of high school that I appreciated.
That's cool, Phil! :)
I heard the Sheaffer Pop was difficult to open. Do you have an easy way to open it in order to recharge it?
I have no issues at all with it. The cap pops off and the section unscrews easily to replace the cartridge.
I have a Star Wars version of the Pop - occasional hard starts.
That Star Wars version is not priced like this blue one though! :)
@@InkquiringMinds I paid $20 US vs $16 for a Pop on Amazon.
What a bass in your voice...
Now sir, that there is an ebonite feed!
You are absolutely right! I passed right over it not expecting it as I should have!! Good catch!
That looks like a military clip.
We'll have to give one to Major Stress.
@@InkquiringMinds Or General Lee Disappointing.