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Interesting Snorkel Tube In Fs3 Pen


Brian-McQueen

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This weekend, I became the owner of a nice Snorkel with an FS3 nib. When disassembling it for repair, I noticed something VERY strange about the Snorkel tube. Not only is the tube longer than usual, but it has a special cutout on the underside in the back and has a DIFFERENTLY SHAPED FEED! Weird stuff. Anyone else seen this? I guess it was necessary to accommodate the extra ink flow.

 

 

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My guess would be to keep up the flow of ink. Please post some pictures of the pen and a writing sample when you are done repairing the pen. Amazing find!

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Interesting but, until you can link this tube to that nib you've a one off that may not be related at all. If we could take apart enough of these an document differences it would be interesting to a point. Might be that they thought about a different tube across the entire line or it could be specific to certain points - not enough data here to prove either.

 

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Interesting but, until you can link this tube to that nib you've a one off that may not be related at all. If we could take apart enough of these an document differences it would be interesting to a point. Might be that they thought about a different tube across the entire line or it could be specific to certain points - not enough data here to prove either.

 

Roger W.

 

I agree. There's no way to prove that these components started their lives together, though I have a feeling that they did. To your second point, though, I have pens with S4, S5, and FF3 nibs. None of them have tubes that appear to be different. There is a thread from 2011 about a Snorkel with a flexible triumph nib that has a tube with a "cut out" portion. Roger, you replied to this thread. The pictures are long gone, so I don't know exactly what his tube looked like. According to him, it was the same length as a regular tube, but had a cut out portion at the rear. It can be found here: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/205972-sumgai-sheaffer-snorkel/

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Brian;

 

It could very well be purpose meant, I just would like more collaborating data points. FS3 nibs consistently found with a different feed than normal or other like nibs with similar tubes. I've rarely worked on snorkels that aren't mediums or fines so I've not noticed special snorkel tubes.

 

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I've seen one or two like that. Never paid much attention to it to tell you the truth. I would think that a wider nib does need more flow. I would think that they would need to support a feed that thin, hence the change in the snorkel tube too.

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