[译] 银的诱惑：西华Touchdown银帝国

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[译] 银的诱惑：西华Touchdown银帝国

The Allure Of Sterling Silver: Sheaffer Silver Imperial Touchdown

by Jim Mamoulides, January 31, 2010

There is something magical about Sterling Silver. When new, it gleams with a brilliant, but cold glow. Over time, the white metal develops a patina as it is handled, giving it character. It warms up while you are using it. It becomes your pen, with the evidence of the owner in the handling wear that it picks up over time. Sterling silver objects were made to be used and using sterling silver pens staves off the tarnishing from long storage. I decided this year, PenInHand will be devoted to sterling silver pens, both solid and overlay pens, featuring one pen each month. I have had plenty of them cross my desk recently and will share them as we go through the year.
纯银笔款总是有那么一点魔力。新的时候，他闪闪发亮，一种冷艳之美。随时光流逝，把玩将使白色金属更加光亮，呈现出另一种气质。当你再度使用它的时候，又会温润起来。笔主长期的使用在笔身上留下痕迹，至此他成为你所特有的墨水笔。纯银制的笔款，其目的是避免在长久储藏中出现污迹。我决定，今年“PenInHand”栏目主题以纯银笔款为重点，每月聚焦一款实银或包银笔款。最近，我的书桌上摆满了很多银笔，今年将陆续与各位笔友共飨。

This month's pen is the Sheaffer Silver Imperial Touchdown, c1970-1971, one of the pens on my personal list of must have pens. I wish I had a well broken in one like this one. Sheaffer introduced the Silver Imperial in 1970 as part of the "Textures Collection." The deep engraving on the cap and barrel with the contrasting black enamel fill in the cuts is unmistakably similar to the Cisele pattern Parker introduced on the sterling silver Parker 75 in 1964, except that the squares are larger and rotated 45 degrees, giving the pattern a more fluid, wave-like look instead of the more orderly look seen on the Parker 75.
本月介绍的笔款是西华Touchdown银帝国，1971-1972年产，是我个人收藏名单里必须拥有的一支笔。真希望再有一支这样的笔就好了。1970年代，西华引入银帝国系列笔款，丰富其“质感收藏”主题。与派克1964年引入的银75一样，这种深刻在笔帽和笔身上的格子纹并填充黑色釉质的做法，并不是一种失误。只是相对于整齐格子的75，银帝国的格子更大，并且呈45度角，从而花纹更加流畅，就像波浪一样。






The earliest models of the Sheaffer Silver Imperial were offered with the Touchdown filling system, activated by unscrewing the blind cap and pulling out a long plunger, which filled the pen (with the nib inserted in the ink bottle) pneumatically, where the downward force of the plunger squeezed the ink sac inside the barrel, creating a temporary vacuum, and as the sac expanded, ink was drawn in through the nib. By 1973, Sheaffer had dropped the Touchdown system in favor of the simpler cartridge / converter system and also shortened the clip on the pen. I personally like the look and operation of the earlier Sheaffer Silver Imperial Touchdown pens the best. The place where the Touchdown blind cap meets the barrel gives the barrel a band, which is absent from the cartridge converter pen and looks better.
西华最早期的银帝国配备Touchdown上墨系统，旋开尾钮并拉出隐藏的钢套，笔尖插入墨水中，前后推拉尾钮，利用气压上墨。拉出钢套时， 墨囊排出空气，从而形成暂时的真空，随墨囊的恢复，墨水将从笔尖吸入。1973年，西华停产Touchdown上水系统笔款，后续产品采用较为简单的墨水管/挤压上墨器来上水，同时缩短了笔夹的长度。就我个人而言，最偏爱早期西华Touchdown银帝国的外观和构造，尾钮与笔身之间还有一个窄环，有别于之后的墨水管/上墨器笔款。

Sheaffer also made a gaudy vermeil (gold plate over sterling silver) version of this pen called the Imperial Sovereign. The plating must have been poorly done on that version as I have seen far too many examples with the gold quite worn and it is not a pretty sight. The sterling silver pen is the one to get.
西华也制作了此笔的另一款型——权力帝国，在纯银笔帽上镶嵌的是俗气的镀金环而不是纯银。镀金环工艺较差，我已经见识过太多镀金被磨掉的例子，外观较为难看。银帝国是值得拥有的笔款。

As with all Sheaffer Imperials, the 14 karat gold Inlaid nibs are great writers, laying down a consistent wet line with positive feedback on paper. The heft of the sterling silver, give the standard size and slender Imperial good presence in the hand when writing.
就西华的所有帝国笔款而言，14k金嵌入尖书写流畅，在纸上能书写出较为一致的线条，同时有写感有较好的反馈。标准尺寸和苗条的笔杆使银帝国的重量，在书写时也较为合适。

......Because sterling silver is so durable and actually carries wear quite well, the pen becomes over time a more willing companion, just as much at home in a starched or a work shirt. Not to worry whether in a briefcase or clipped to a leather diary. Unlike something gold plated, this pen can stand the heat of the kitchen with character.
......由于纯银较为耐用，携带产生的磨损也不厉害，这笔成为长久陪伴我的好伙伴，无论是浆洗的正装还是工作的衬衫，我都将其随身携带。与镀金笔不同的是，不用担心其放在公文包里或插在皮质笔记本上会磨损，此笔有勇气承受厨房的热度。

As we go through the year, I'll select sterling silver pens that hold up like this one as work horses, and others that are clearly works of art. Stay tuned.
经年以来，我会选择此笔一样的纯银笔款作为主力，而其他笔款仅是艺术品。未完待续。

h110210

沙发，哇咔卡

kidking

昨天刚到手黄兄的TD纯银，必须来顶顶。黄兄的TD笔还没过审核吗？

ppppudding

板凳，很诱人的说~

as848

嗯，好笔，实用收藏不错

dxq19851221

哎  黄兄的笔很好  就是要米好多啊    感叹自己为啥不是大米饼啊

小号100

刚刚从黄兄处入得一支绿色帝国IV　TD。笔尖F偏细，下水整合我意，用的是派克昆克标准黑。

很近

顶一下纯银帝国

doubleu2005

银帝国是只好钢笔

阿尼帕米

楼主放的可都是剧毒啊
大毒枭来着，顶一下

历史酷牛牛

顶美文了！顶好笔了！

lledu

满眼都是白花花的银呀~~

羽暘

入毒坛后，鼓起勇气第一支入的就是黄兄的格子银帝国~

dxq19851221

这么看来黄兄的银帝国就剩下一支了  赶快被米人买走   实在是馋死我啦    呜呜   忍着  忍着

蓦然回首

快忍不住了~~~~

ATHRON500

此筆日用是相當好的選擇，但此為半彈性尖
運筆要有技巧

nbsong

每天看一遍，慢慢解毒~~~

nudtbo

确实经典，下次黄兄进货我也再收一支。