SCARCE 1952 FIRST YEAR SHEAFFER SNORKEL DEMO FOUNTAIN PEN 14K MEDIUM NIB RESTORED

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For your consideration, we are offering for sale this Restored First Year 1952 Sheaffer Snorkel Demonstrator Fountain Pen fitted with a 14K gold medium nib. This fountain pen has been thoroughly taken apart, cleaned, new sac/o-ring/point-seal added, put back together, and now is back in fantastic operating and writing condition.

I have cleaned the NIB/feed, Nib Collar, and barrel. Hand polished the Gold Filled Clip, Cap Band and 14K 2-Tone Conical NIB. There is no brassing to any of the gold filled trim areas. I gently buffed and polished the barrel to help remove some of the outside surface scratchings. This is a first-year Sheaffer Snorkel Demonstrator (1952) and we can determine this by the 14K gold snorkel tube. 

This fountain pen cap and barrel are in excellent condition with no chips, teeth marks or repairs with the cap always securing tightly to the barrel. Under the clip on the cap is a roughly 2.5mm stress mark - hard to find a "clean" cap from this era without some type of stress marks around the clip area. The cap displays the Sheaffer "White Dot" at the top of the cap. This fountain pen has the clear nib assembly/section, barrel, and blind cap. This fountain pen has the correct Snorkel Demonstrator cap, not a replacement cap. Cap has the correct blackening but does display some very minor black loss on the lower portion on the right side back of the cap shown in image 6. There are no monograms or personalizations to the barrel or cap. The barrel is stamped with, "W.A. Sheaffer Pen Co., Fort Madison, Iowa U.S.A., Made in U.S.A.". This Sheaffer Snorkel measures 5 9/16" in length capped and 6 3/8" posted.

Installed a new silicone properly sized #14 sac; the o-ring and point seal have been replaced with correct reproduction parts. The pen has been disassembled, cleaned and inspected for any defects before reassembling. The 14K gold first-year snorkel tube moves freely and draws ink as it should. I have tested the filling mechanism with water and fills and dispells as it was designed to.

The 14K 2-Tone Medium Conical NIB has a medium point measuring roughly .60mm when measured with digital calipers. In the writing sample provided, this NIB writes with a medium line ranging from .62mm to .68mm when measuring with a digital caliper. The writing sample was done with the actual pen in the images that are listed for sale. The writing sample was used by dipping the NIB in Parker Quink Blue Ink.

This Sheaffer Snorkel Demonstrator model is very scarce and extremely difficult to find in this condition being that it is a First Year demo. It is not mint condition, but better than most, I would place an excellent condition grade on the fountain pen. It is ready to write or just add it to your writing arsenal collection. I would consider this a collector grade piece that should be cherished in a deserving collection.

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