Sheaffer has been making writing instruments since Walter A. Sheaffer patented his lever-filling fountain pen and opened for business in Fort Madison, Iowa in 1913. The White Dot on the cap, first applied in 1924, remains the company's mark of a pen that has passed inspection. Waterfront News is an Authorised Sheaffer Stockist, and our range covers the 100, Icon, Reminder and Prelude collections in ballpoint, rollerball and fountain pen.
VFM is Sheaffer's answer to a specific problem: most pens at this price are plastic. This one is not. The barrel is lacquered metal with a sleek tapered profile, closer to aerodynamic than cylindrical, finished in a soft matt black and trimmed in bright nickel-plated chrome.The weight is the giveaway. Pick it up and it sits in the hand with a heft that plastic simply cannot fake, which is much of why the VFM has stayed in the range as long as it has. Retractable ballpoint action, taking Sheaffer's standard ballpoint refill.A genuinely good first proper pen, and an easy one to give.
$34.95
Coffee brown is an unusual choice on a writing instrument and a rather good one - warmer than black, more grown-up than a bright colour, and set off here by a brushed chrome cap and chrome trim. It has the look of something from a decade or two ago, in the best sense.The Sentinel itself is slim and light with a simple click-top mechanism, and takes Sheaffer's K-style ballpoint refill so keeping it going is straightforward. The name has been in the Sheaffer range since the 1940s.One for someone who has enough black pens.
$24.95
The same all-metal Sentinel, but warmed up considerably by gold-tone trim in place of chrome. Gloss black barrel, brushed cap, and gold at the clip and fittings - a more traditional combination, and the one that reads as a gift rather than a workhorse.Gold trim tends to expose a cheap pen, which is rather the point of putting it on this one: the Sentinel body is metal throughout, so the proportions and weight can carry it. Click-top action, and it takes the standard Sheaffer K-style ballpoint refill.Sentinel has been in the Sheaffer catalogue in one form or another since the 1940s.
$29.95
Gloss black over an all-metal barrel, topped with a brushed chrome cap and finished in chrome trim. The contrast between the polished body and the satin cap is the whole design, and it is a good deal more considered than most pens at this money.Sentinel has been a Sheaffer model name since the 1940s, when it marked out the White Dot pens fitted with a steel cap. The modern version is slim, light in the pocket and click-top operated, taking the widely available Sheaffer K-style ballpoint refill.A neat everyday pen, and smart enough to hand to a customer across a counter.
$29.95
The Sentinel name is one of the oldest still in use at Sheaffer. From the 1940s until 1959 it denoted any White Dot pen fitted with a stainless steel cap, and the current collection keeps faith with that idea: a slim, unfussy metal pen that earns its place by being used rather than admired.This one pairs a matt black lacquered barrel with a brushed chrome cap and chrome trim, the two textures playing off each other nicely. It works on a simple click-top mechanism and takes Sheaffer's K-style ballpoint refill, so replacements are easy to come by. At this price it is the sensible answer to the question of what to keep in the car, the kitchen drawer or a jacket you actually wear.
$29.95
The rollerball of the Sheaffer 100, finished in deep gloss black lacquer over a brass body with gold-tone plated appointments at the cap band, clip and collar. It is the most traditional-looking pen in the 100 range, and the one most often bought as a gift.A rollerball earns its keep in the writing: liquid ink rather than paste, so the line comes out darker and wetter and needs almost no pressure to lay down. Much of the character of a fountain pen, with none of the filling or flushing. The brass body gives it the weight to stay steady through a long page, and the cap posts securely on the barrel.On the cap crown is the Sheaffer White Dot, first applied in 1924 as the mark of a pen that had passed Walter Sheaffer's own inspection.
$110.00
A deep, slightly forest-leaning green barrel under a brushed chrome cap and chrome trim. Green is not a colour most pen makers bother with at this end of the range, which is exactly what makes this one worth picking up - it stands out on a desk without being loud about it.The Sentinel is a slim, straightforward click-top ballpoint, taking Sheaffer's K-style refill in black or blue. The name goes back to the 1940s, when Sheaffer used it for the White Dot pens fitted with a stainless steel cap.An easy pen to own and an easier one to replace the ink in.
$24.95
Sheaffer's classic 100 silhouette, reimagined in a radiant champagne gold lacquer with matching champagne gold-tone trims for the Emily in Paris collaboration. A bow-shaped emblem sits on the clip in place of the usual finial detail, and a co-branded centre band marks it out as part of the limited collection.Beneath the styling it is the same well-mannered pen: brass-bodied, properly balanced, and fitted with a fine stainless steel nib that lays down a neat, unfussy line. It arrives with a converter already installed plus two cartridges, so it can be filled from a bottle of Skrip or run on cartridges straight out of the box.A genuinely giftable pen for someone who likes their correspondence with a little sparkle.
$135.00
The rollerball of the Emily in Paris 100, finished in the same radiant champagne gold lacquer with gleaming champagne gold-tone trims, a bow-shaped emblem on the clip and a co-branded centre band. If the ballpoint is the practical choice of the three, this is the one that actually feels indulgent to write with.A rollerball refill carries liquid ink to the paper rather than paste, so the line is darker and wetter than a ballpoint's and glides with almost no pressure - much of the pleasure of a fountain pen without the maintenance. The 100's brass body keeps it steady in the hand, and the cap posts securely on the barrel.Part of Sheaffer's limited Emily in Paris collection and supplied in the collection's presentation packaging.
$120.00
Sheaffer's classic 100 silhouette, reworked in a radiant champagne gold lacquer with matching champagne gold-tone trims for the Emily in Paris collaboration. A bow-shaped emblem sits on the clip in place of the usual detailing, and a co-branded centre band marks the pen out as part of the limited collection.The styling is the headline, but the pen underneath is the same well-mannered 100: a brass body that gives it proper heft, a twist-action mechanism that advances the tip with one quiet turn, and 138mm of length that balances comfortably in the hand. Champagne gold is a harder finish to get right than plain gold plate, and Sheaffer has kept it warm rather than brassy.Takes the proprietary Sheaffer K-style ballpoint refill. A genuinely giftable pen, and boxed to suit.
$89.95
The Prelude Mini is the compact sibling of Sheaffer's long-running Prelude, shortened for a handbag or a coat pocket without losing the brass body that gives the full-size pen its balance. For the Emily in Paris collaboration it wears a soft pastel pink lacquer with rose gold PVD trims - a warmer, pinker gold than the champagne used on the 100 pens in the same collection.Two details lift it beyond a colourway. A die-cast metal heart-shaped emblem is set into the clip, and the cap is topped with a genuine Swarovski crystal, faceted properly rather than moulded. Both are the sort of thing that only reads as expensive if it is actually done well, and here it is.Twist-action ballpoint taking the Sheaffer K-style refill, supplied in Emily in Paris presentation packaging.
$89.95
Metallic blue was one of the two finishes the Icon collection launched with, and it remains the most quietly striking of them. The lacquer is shot through with a fine metallic particle that lifts the colour from flat navy into something with genuine movement in it, and the black PVD trim keeps the whole thing from tipping into ostentation.What makes the Icon worth its price is less the finish than the feel: an ample barrel that fills the hand, weight balanced for comfort across a long writing session, and a vintage-style wraparound clip lifted straight from Sheaffer's own archive. It is a pen designed to be written with rather than admired.Twist-action ballpoint using the proprietary Sheaffer K-style refill, presented in a Sheaffer gift box with the White Dot on the cap crown.
$125.00
