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I have a PFM II in my breast pocket currently. The brushed metal cap is quite complimentary to my Eurometal belt buckle.

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I am another daily snorkel user, a 70's desk pen. Your work colleges will be amazed when they see you filling the pen. They are a good pen and I will certainly be looking for another that i can carry about with me.

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I don't do a lot of writing these days, but have to sign letters, contracts etc. several times per day.

 

I often use my Snorkel or Touchdown Sheaffer as they are great to sign with, where my Watermans and most other pens tend to skip while signing.

They have great flow and I would am actually considering buying some extra Snorkels to rotate...

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I think Snorkels make great writers. I think their nibs are awesome. I use a variety for writing but my favorites are vintage Snorkels and PFMs (Pens For Men).

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I love Snorkels, but sadly most of mine have stopped working, even after having them restored. One of the few that I have that still works, my Valiant, is currently inked and I just used it yesterday. Great pen to use, although the nib is ever-so-slightly scratchy on my example.

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I got my first Snorkel at the Dallas Pen Show. I'm very pleased with the way it writes.

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Golly, all of my snorkels function and are consistently good writers. I've gone through about 30 and have maybe a dozen of the best writers left. Each time I bought one, I sent it off to be serviced for $30 and all have come back decent writers. Two are absolutely super writers that have made it into my rotation. The best are the smoothest and wettest of inkers and the worst are still decent writers. Love the nib and feel that only Waterman has nibs that equal the standard Sheaffer nibs. The hooded nibs are, of course, the best ones as the standard nibbed Snorkels are subject to the vagaries of all standard nibs. The inlaid nibs of the Targa and progeny are also wonderful but I am particularly fond of the snorkels as they are plentiful, inexpensive, colorful, utile, and FUN. How may FPs can you say that about? Most people feel that FPs are a pain in the ass, what with the ink and all. Cartridges helped but fountain pens were never considered fun. The Snorkel is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face. If you have trouble with a Snorkel, FPs are not for you.

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I bought a lovely Snorkel last month, and it writes really nicely. Not much ink capacity, as others have said (in fact, hearing the smaller ink capacity mentioned here reassures me that there's nothing broken inside, which was a niggling concerned when I saw how quickly I ran out the first few times I used it), but the nib is lovely and smooth and it likes my Poussiere de Lune ink quite well.

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I've three PFMs and two other snorkels (the slims one, never investigated about their names). The PFMs sometime are in my rotation, let's say one-two time a year, this not due to their fault, but to the large number of pens that I've to rotate.

 

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I have a Snorkel desk pen in brown, extra fine, in a nice clear base where I write in a log every day. When some more modern pen has dried up and won't start the Snorkel desk pen is ever ready and starts right off.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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A Sentinel with a medium/fine nib has been one of my favorite pens for marking student work for 15 years. Smooth, not too wet so I don't get bleed through on cheap student paper, and reliable. I just have to remember to keep a container of ink for refills handy. When I taught physical science the mechanism was a good teaching moment. Super pens.

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