For nearly a century, Sheaffer has made history. Did you know that…?

• The shimmer of Sheaffer's unique inlaid nib is created by a special blend of material ranging from alloys to pure gold.
   
  
• Sheaffer began with just seven employees in 1912, crowded into the small back room of a jewelry store in Fort Madison, Iowa, USA. Sheaffer was incorporated in 1913.
   
  
• One of the foremost technologies Sheaffer pioneered in the 1920's was a way to make pen caps and barrels of plastic.
   
  
• The United Nations Charter was signed with a Sheaffer pen on June 26, 1945.
   
  
• The first Sheaffer ballpoint pen was manufactured and sold in 1946.
   
  
• In November 1951, the 50 millionth Sheaffer pen came off the assembly line.
   
  
• On December 18, 2001 Sheaffer employees opened a 50-year old time capsule sealed in the lobby wall in the Fort Madison, Iowa facility. Among other predictions, nearly 70% of the employees of a half-century ago thought a cure for the common cold might be found by 2001!
   
  
• W.A. Sheaffer was 45 years of age when he risked his life-savings to start the Company that would grow into a world-renowned brand name.
   
  
• There were already 58 other established pen companies when Sheaffer made history with his patented, high quality, self-filling fountain pen - which revolutionized the writing world.
   
  
• Skilled craftsmen, trained in the unique Sheaffer tradition, today execute up to 300 steps to create pens by hand.