Nib: Triumph palladium-silver alloy nib XFine Made in U.S.A.
1952-59 Sheaffer Statesman Snorkel filling pen. Restored with a new sac, point gasket and o-ring, instructions on how to use this filling system.
Condition Excellent pre-owned No cracks or chips, dings, dents, .
* Vintage Sheaffer's Skrip bottle not included. email me for availability
Sheaffer released the Snorkel, arguably the most mechanically complex fountain pen ever mass-produced The Snorkel was a slightly lengthened Touchdown equipped with a retractable filling tube running axially through the feed, which enabled the pen to be filled without ever dipping the nib in ink
*For more info regarding Sheaffer Snorkel, contact me for Back issues of Pen World Magazine
May/June. 1994 Volume 7, No.5