Sheaffer Admiral Snorkel

[corgicoupe]

A friend gave one to me yesterday. It's black and polished nicely. The open nib is 14k, with a "5" engraved. What does the number mean?

 

It's not taking ink, so I will have it restored. It will go well with the burgundy Touchdown I picked up this summer. These Shaffer rival the Ester brooks from the same era, in my mind.

[elmer1950]

See this interesting link: http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Sheaffer/SheafferSnorkelNibCodes.htm

[corgicoupe]

Aha! Thanks.

[pen lady]

Thanks from me too Elmer. That link answers many questions.

[tamiya]

A friend gave one to me yesterday. It's black and polished nicely.

Restored pens come back with an unnatural over polished shine

 

Only realised how bad it looked after receiving a NOS Snork pair last week still wrapped in cellophane. Brand new plastics are assembled straight off their mold, they're not buffed to a lustrous shine! Detail lines and stampings are sharp edged.

 

It's not taking ink, so I will have it restored.

Not hard to check if it's the sac gone hard/holed or bad seal not holding pressure.

 

I apply vacuum to the snorkel tube... if good, you can often see the sac collapsing in via the peek holes and it'll hold pressure. If not... not the easiest to DIY sac change, I'd still leave Snorks for the pros to resac.

 

If sac is good but the o-ring seal in barrel/plunger has petrified, it's not hard to swap that over. Or as a bandaid lube the plunger with silicone grease/oil and it might hold pressure better temporarily until you can source suitable spare parts.

 

Change the point seal in the section too, whilst you're at it.

 

If you're totally new to Snorks, best try doing it on a working example to be familiar with how they fill. Immerse extended snorkel into ink and thrust plunger down full stroke as fast as practical... then you gotta WAIT 5-10s for the sac to suck up the ink, don't pull it out straight after touchdown.

 

Snorks fill a bit slower than non-Snork Touchdowns, just personal observation.

[estie1948]

Thanks from me too Elmer. That link answers many questions.

+1. Let me add my thanks.

 

David (Estie).

[corgicoupe]

Posted Yesterday, 00:06

corgicoupe, on 09 Sept 2016 - 09:02, said:

A friend gave one to me yesterday. It's black and polished nicely.

Restored pens come back with an unnatural over polished shine

 

It was rough when given to me. I buffed it with Tripoli to clean it up.