Life Magazine, August 21, 1944
More than styling - it's NEW engineering
Cover: Landing Alligator
The Sheaffer Triumph Lifetime was a revolutionary fountain pen line launched in 1942, defined by its strong, conical "Sheath-Point" nib, offering superior ink flow and durability for writing through carbon copies. Evolving from lever-fillers (Masterpiece) to vacuum-fill (Vac-Fil), Touchdown, and Snorkel models, it featured innovative designs like the internal nib assembly for leak resistance and used durable materials like 14k gold and palladium. The iconic Triumph nib design continued for decades, adapting through various models like the Imperial and Targa, remaining a symbol of Sheaffer quality until its eventual discontinuation in the late 1990s