Sheaffer Snorkel Question

[Frogboy310]

What color snorkels had two tone flat nibs? Any cooler colors like vermillion, buckskin or sage green? I know you can interchange the nibs but I want to avoid a Frankenpen.

[adyf]

According to the below from Richard Binder's site, perhaps the Sovereign with a two tone nib.

 

Sheaffer’s Snorkel

Edited July 17, 2018 by adyf

[inkstainedruth]

There's a chart I've seen someplace (can't bring the website URL to mind, sorry) where there is a chart for how to ID various models of Snorkels: white dot/non white dot; regular vs. conical nib; etc. But I'm not sure whether the chart includes which models came in which colors (there is a list of colors elsewhere on the site).

Okay: not the site I was thinking of, but I did a quick Google search and found a nice chart on the indy-pen-dance site, which appears to have the information you're seeking:

https://www.indy-pen-dance.com/sheaffer-snorkel-colors-and-models.html

I should remember to bookmark that URL myself.... Admittedly, I don't have any of the more exotic colors: just black (2), Aqua, Pastel Green, and Burgundy (but not sure *which* burgundy -- didn't know that the color changed).

Thanks for the question. In the process of finding you an answer *I* learned something! (I love this place -- not a week goes by when I don't learn something, be it pen-related or otherwise ).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[3rdlakerobert]

Just to expand on Ruth's response, Saratoga and Sovereign were the only Snorkel models with two-tone open nibs, and the colors available were the same for both::

 

Saratoga & Soveriegn

Black

Pastel Blue (Aqua)

Pastel Green

Pastel Grey

Burgundy (old and new)

Buckskin

Vermilion

Sage Green

 

from The Pennant, Summer 2002, p. 13

[Frogboy310]

So can Saratoga buckskin or vermillion come with the two tone? I have found some with two tone but I wasnt sure if they were just mixed up. The chart seems to imply that the Saratoga models dont exist.