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Sheaffer Nib Parade


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I'm totally obsessed with vintage sheaffer nibs, but I also don't like F nibs, so I've amassed a collection of vintage sheaffers. They are mainly snorkels and TDs, that have M+ nibs, like stubs, broads, that kind of thing. I've decided that there should be a thread to show off Sheaffer nibs that are fancy in some way, so I'm opening this one and hoping others with fancy nibs join in.

 

Here's my first one. I know it's simple, but it writes exactly the way I like, and so it's one of my favourites.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Pens/DSC00182_zpsf3d000d6.jpg

 

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Pens/DSC00176_zpsa6f50c88.jpg

 

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http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Pens/DSC00177_zps088d4d8d.jpg

 

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Here are some writing samples comparing it to a TWSBI with a broad nib:

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Pens/DSC00179_zpsbe84abdc.jpg

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Pens/DSC00178_zps685e0d10.jpg

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I just picked up a couple almost new TIPdip Cadets, ca 1950s I think, and some S-1 stubs to go with them. The green pen has J Herbin Lierre Sauvage on Rhodia

 

 

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and the black is Diamine Dark Brown on Rhodia. I like both these inks for stub use.

 

 

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I picked up a Snorkel Statesman about a year ago with an EF nib, and got it restored over the summer at the DCSS. I normally wouldn't have gone narrower than an F, but I really liked the color of the pen (which I think is aqua blue). When I first tried it after the restoration, I really hated it (I had Waterman Mysterious Blue in it, which is one of my go-to tester inks for vintage pens) -- to the point of considering seeing about getting a replacement nib from the restorer after mentioning it (while having a Snorkel Valiant repaired in November).

But a couple of weeks ago I picked up a bottle of Skrip Violet in a local store, and it's a very different writing experience! So, while I'm not going all "EF and EF only!" anytime soon, I'm liking the pen a lot more. And the restored Valiant? I think it has an M nib -- and it seems to like Mysterious Blue just fine....

Is that Palladium Silver nib marked "Australia"? Neat. About the only Snorkels I've ever run across anyplace are the three I have (the grey Valiant -- the one that does well with Mysterious Blue, a black Valiant, and the Aqua Statesman). And I'm pretty sure they're all marked as "Made in USA" (well, not sure about the black one but the other two are to hand and they both are).

It's funny -- most other vintage pens I've gotten are either from Ebay or from pen shows. But all three of the Snorkels were found in the wild at antiques malls, and probably within an hour and a half's drive of where I live: the grey one was local-ish, the black one from Franklin, PA, and the blue one from a huge 4-story antiques mall in East Liverpool Ohio (and yes, several dealers had pens besides the one where I bought the Statesman from -- or at least they did a year ago).

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I got a 7-30 this year which has a mean little stub on it.

Apologies for the unprofessional photos.

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Calculating.

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I sort of want that nib that says AUSTRALIA just because it says AUSTRALIA

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I recently found this set with flex nibs.

 

Roger W.

 

http://www.sheafferflattops.com/images/15flex.jpg

Circa 1930 Model #15

 

http://www.sheafferflattops.com/images/15flex2.jpg

While one is banded and the other not these clearly were the original pens to this set as you never find two flex nibbed desk pens together by accident.

 

http://www.sheafferflattops.com/images/15flex3.jpg

The monotone nibs with straight line breaks caught my eye immediately when I saw this auction.

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I've discovered that a lot of the more obscurely sized nibs I've found on the secondary market are actually from Australia. I have no idea why though.

 

They were actually manufactured in Fort Maddison, Iowa but marked for pens to be assembled in Australia thus reducing import duties.

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