1948 Umber Sheaffer Tuckaway Sentinel Deluxe - Vacuum-Fil - fine nib

1948 was the last year Sheaffer used the Vacuum-Filler they introduced in WASP pens in 1934 and Sheaffer Balance pens in 1935. In 1949 they would switch to the Touchdown filler - the last ever Sheaffer self-filling mechanism. The Touchdown is a nice filler but I will always prefer the Vacuum-Fil. It holds more ink and doesn't use a sac. And it's just cool. This is a classic little/big pen. I have large hands and grip pens on the cap threads. Therefore small pens should be uncomfortable or difficult for me to use. This pen cap posts to a length that I find perfectly usable even for long writing sessions. This pen is in nearly perfect condition. The metal cap pens often suffer unfortunate dents and dings; especially in the peak. This cap is in perfect condition. It is polished steel with engraved lines and squiggles. Same design as the 1949 model but without a white dot above the clasp (Sheaffer's name for the button clip). The white dot is on the filler knob whose knurling is somewhat c