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PeteWK · Seasoned

One of a Kind Tucky

cakibler · Newbie

Hey Pete,

I have 2 Sheaffer Masterpiece Tuckaways and I had to run and check them after reading your post. Unfortunately, you still have the only solid 14 Kt one known to exist. Mine are cool though, one is a lever filler and the other is a plunger vacuum filler. Other than that they look identical. They are cool llittle pieces of Sheaffer history and craftsmanship. Do you know exactly what year or years they were made?

DWL repaired the lever filler Tucky for rme about a year ago and had fun getting the section out, turns out I think it unscrews. If he reads the post, perhaps he will expound upon all the fun he had with the little bugger. I like the Tuckaway concept and just recently ordered a Bexley Tuckaway, another neat pen, from Dennis Bowden at Parkville Pen.

-- Edited by cakibler at 08:08, 2007-09-23

PeteWK · Seasoned

Hi Cakibler. The Masterpiece part of the name what the title Sheaffer gave to their solid gold line of pens at the time. The Tuckaway came out either in 1940 or 1941 depending on who you ask and how you interpret the Sheaffer publications. Richard Binder dates them to 1940 though I don't know what he bases it on. The catalog sheet provided below is from August 1, 1941 and calls the Tuckaway a new pen.

The gold filled one I have is perfect except for a spot on the gold fill. It's a lever filler. The solid gold one is a vac fil and doesn't rate that highly condition wise. But with a unique pen that's less of an issue.

As you can tell by so other pens I've put up here I collect solid gold Sheaffer's and the Tucky fits nicely into the collection. I looked around to buy one for maybe three years not knowing many Tuckaway collectors had considered it to be a phantom pen meaning catalog rather than reality. I purchased it in an auction lot that was listed on eBay but was based on a gavel auction out of Beverly Hills. I made an appointment to view the lots I as interested in and almost stroked out when I saw that little 14k staring back at me. I won all 28 pens for less than 300 dollars. I ended up selling the other 27 for a combined 1200 dollars. Life is good.

The ad is from December of 1941.

PeteWK

-- Edited by PeteWK at 11:48, 2007-09-23