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So my wife and I went out for a Saturday drive and happened upon an antiques barn. Stopped in, inquired about fountain pens, said they didn't have any, but that she saw some pens in a box about 5 miles down the road at another shop. Well, we went down there to check it out and sure enough, some pens in a box...calvin klein pen or some other junky pens. However, I kept looking and came upon a baggie with 3 pens in it marked $6, with 20% off. I could see one was a lever fill, another was a Sheaffer and the last was...some kitzchy pen from Graceland with a moving Elvis. So yeah, $1.60/pen.

 

So, the lever fill turned out to be a Penman, I posted on that in the general section. The Sheaffer turned out to be a Sheaffer Special snorkle with a F6 nib (PdAg). Amazingly, the sacs in both pens were fine (!) but the Sheaffer needed a new o-ring in the barrel, which I happened to have on hand. So, I took 'er apart, hung the nib in the ultrasonic for about 20 mins, straightened out the slightly bent snorkel, and voilâ, she works perfect!

 

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l95/sleebusjones/5af5be33-f9c4-42a4-949c-0cdd5c45af5f.jpg

 

Body could use a touch more polishing. There's a few spots of corrosion on the band.

 

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l95/sleebusjones/20170613_205936.jpg

 

Sorry about the dust, I need a tack cloth!

 

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l95/sleebusjones/20170613_210149.jpg

 

So, no, not a SUPER exciting find, but the price certainly made up for it!

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Nice - pen and price! It is good to be Sumgai once in awhile!

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Wait -- you're saying you got a Snorkel for (effectively) $1.60 + sales tax..... :o

Nice going! You're definitely in the running for "sumgai of the week".

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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