Thing is, i didn't set out to dabble much with Snorks.

Nice pens, no doubt. High quality. Lots o' varieties, but even as i spent years collecting (and occasionally selling) the fat PFM's, by last year i'd owned probably just 3-4 thin Snorks, and except for the Black Admiral i'd bought from Nathan 10 years ago in my earliest days of collecting, the other ones all sort of were accidental acquisitions.

A year ago i stumbled into my first Snork hoard (hey, hoards happen), and since then have hit 3-4 more hoards of 'em. Bags full in some cases. I do like the "tough" colors, as they generally are rather intense and bright, not like the more dull "regular" colors. Of course with all these pens coming and going, I had to... finally... learn a bit about 'em.

Well, that's one of the key charms of the Pen Show. Talking to fellow collectors. Y'all really should go to a pen show.

Anyway, chats with Alan Kaufman, Sam Marshall, Martin Ferguson... even that so-n-so Wooten... before i knew it i'd learned at least a wee bit about the darn things.

So, a year later and perhaps a couple hundred Snorks bought/sold/kept, well at least a few kept, and I've come to appreciate 'em a bit more.

IMHO, there is something well out of the ordinary in this shot of the already out of the ordinary color snorks. A recent happy find to round out the theme. See if ya can find the charmer in the pile.

regards

david

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They all look like charmers to me!
But I would venture to guess the Fiesta Red.

Al

You go, Al!

my three favorite pen (wierd) pen collectors. fiesta red is fine, but, that demonstrator!!! oh my!!

Yeah, never really seen a Lifetime Fiesta before. That demo and Fern Green aren't too lacking in charm either.

So David - is the Fiesta a Statesman or a Valiant? It is so very nice, Demos and Ferns nice as well but, I've got a couple of each, no Fiestas in the full plastic Statesman or Valiant though - vedy rare you lucky so-n-so.

Roger W.

The Full Fiesta swings both ways. Some days the nib is PdAg. Other days two tone gold. Strange pen, what with packing a spare nib n' all I call it a Snorkel Stateliant.

d

We dance close to the issue

You've never seen a non-WD Fiesta either, i'd bet. These "tough" colors can be challenging. The pen at bottom of picture (non lifetime) is Vermilion, which is the non-WD color that is very close, but not quite same, as Fiesta. Fiesta is bit more desaturated, hint more pink. Vermilion is fire engine red. All the Fiestas (tbomk) are white dot. Ahhh, but this Fiesta indeed is a bit out of the... ordinary.

d

Bingo.

Care to elaborate? Save me the effort

-d

Tom, Alriel and I are your favorate three weird pen collectors? Cool. What about non-weird collectors.

d

If I elaborate, I would only confirm my lack of knowledge on this subject.
I only remember discussions over 10 year of going to pen shows as well as information from websites such as Richard's with reference from Roger W., Sherrell Tyree, and Daniel K. (No particular order) Oh yeah, hanging out with you occasionally.
I remember seeing some Fiesta reds, but they had metal caps. That's why that plastic cap looked kinda strange to me. Nice find!

Al

I take that as a compliment and I believe I do resemble that remark!
I am with you on that demo, too.

Al

What color is the blue pen that is 5th from the top - the 2nd blue shown in your photo?



My pen and pencil set is that color. What makes it out of the ordinary?

I believe it's called Pastel Blue. The one above it is Periwinkle. (Those are my two faves other than the peacock.)

Not quite, though the way blues light up (not to mention different monitor color spaces) can muddle things.

The one above indeed is Periwinkle. The bottom is Peacock; after all, this is a shot of the "tough" colors, not the common colors. I agree the Peacock turned out a bit dark in the shot.

here be the three blues... one common two scarce.

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regards

david

Hi, again. I think I got lost in what answer went with what photo.

With your last photo of just the 3 blues: What color is the top one? Thank you.

Hi,

Top of the second shot (three blues) is PASTEL BLUE. middle is PEACOCK (also in my original picture). Bottom is PERIWINKLE. Pastel Blue is one of the common colors, found in a wide variety of models.

regards

david

Thank you. Well, I am back to ordinary, but it is definitely good to know.

David, your picture is a dream came true...

Really beautiful colors.

I am a Snorkler...