Snorkel Sac Protector - Source?

[1maddog1]

I was repairing a Sheaffer Valiant today and I found the sac protector had snapped in two right at the junction between the upper and lower sections. It's one of the later models with the crimps between narrow guide rails. I've not been able to find a source for these at any of the places I usually shop online. Does anybody know of a source?

 

Thanks for any help you might be able to offer.

[FarmBoy]

The new Postal rates have made selling such a part a challenge.

Best bet, buy a parts pen and harvest it.

[1maddog1]

The new Postal rates have made selling such a part a challenge.

Best bet, buy a parts pen and harvest it.

 

Thanks for the advice. Can one get one of the sac protectors from the earlier snorkels into the section from a later pen? I've never tried it, and don't know if the guide rails fit/align.

[FarmBoy]

I am reasonably convinced that Sheaffer did not build two pens the same way for most of the 1950's.

 

FarmBoy

[1maddog1]

I found an old snorkel I forgot I had at the bottom of a pile of 'junk' pens. It's earlier, and I don't know if it'll fit, but I'll try. Trying might be the first step towards failure, here, but I will try.

[Ron Z]

Todd is being a bit facetious. Any snorkel sac guard will fit another snorkel. There were variations in how the plug fit in and the end was crimped, maybe the spring ring looks different, but even then the parts will fit together and work.

[3rdlakerobert]

I found an old snorkel I forgot I had at the bottom of a pile of 'junk' pens. It's earlier, and I don't know if it'll fit, but I'll try. Trying might be the first step towards failure, here, but I will try.

 

The sac protector and the section need to be compatible so you'll nave to move both from your parts pen.

[Ron Z]

 

The sac protector and the section need to be compatible so you'll nave to move both from your parts pen.

 

They already are compatible. No need to move the section from one pen to the other unless the original is damaged.

 

All of the sections have 1 wide slot and 4 narrow ones, so can take sac guard that is keyed (3 narrow and 1 wide spline) or one that is not keyed with 4 narrow splines.

 

You can also use the same section with both Triumph and open nib units. The mount is different, but the threads that go into the section are the same.

 

Note that you do encounter the occasional section/nib thread arrangement that has smaller diameter threads, but even these have the 1 and 3 slot arrangement so can take the same sac guard, which is the issue in this thread. But they are not seen as often as the larger thread parts.

[3rdlakerobert]

 

They already are compatible. No need to move the section from one pen to the other unless the original is damaged.

 

All of the sections have 1 wide slot and 4 narrow ones, so can take sac guard that is keyed (3 narrow and 1 wide spline) or one that is not keyed with 4 narrow splines.

 

You can also use the same section with both Triumph and open nib units. The mount is different, but the threads that go into the section are the same.

 

Note that you do encounter the occasional section/nib thread arrangement that has smaller diameter threads, but even these have the 1 and 3 slot arrangement so can take the same sac guard, which is the issue in this thread. But they are not seen as often as the larger thread parts.

 

Ah! Didn't know that. I assumed if the protector had 4 thin splines, the section had 4 narrow slots. I never looked at those sections all that closely because I guess I've never had to swap a protector with a wide spline to another section.

[1maddog1]

Last night I reassembled this using the replacement sac protector and it worked perfectly. Thanks for the help and advice.

 

I don't find myself writing with my Sheaffers very often. I don't know why, because those Triumph nibs are exceptional, I think.

Edited February 10, 2016 by 1maddog1