Several Sheaffer Pens Obtained At Auction-Help W/ Id

[luthiensdad]

Recently I picked up about eight or ten of these at a local auction. No real gems in the lot I think, fortunately they didn't cost much. Hoping the Sheaffer experts here can help. The pictures below are them capped & opened:

 

 

Some are missing nibs, the one with a clear barrel has three of the same model, green barrel has two, and the gold cap is orphaned but I would like to know what model it originally went with if possible.Thanks in advance for all the replies.

[luthiensdad]

My mistake, there are two pens with a translucent green barrel but they appear to be different models.

[bsenn]

The six pens on the left are generally known as school pens.

 

The pen on the far right is a Skripsert cartridge pen.

 

Second and fourth from the right are snorkels. Curse the person who ripped the nibs.

 

Red and black with the short clips are Defenders. That's the military clip version of the Admiral.

 

Nice haul.

[mitto]

Nice haul. I would get the snorkels restored and play with them. The others may need only cleaning.

[tamiya]

Snorkel parts donors still not too hard to find, 70yrs on

 

But Snorkel mechanism design is easily the MOST complicated FP out there... they wouldn't be my recommendation for a 1st DIY project if you're still gung-ho, best idea first step is to acquire a good fully intact & properly WORKING example to learn its intricacies before proceeding.

[Penman222]

Snorkel parts donors still not too hard to find, 70yrs on

 

But Snorkel mechanism design is easily the MOST complicated FP out there... they wouldn't be my recommendation for a 1st DIY project if you're still gung-ho, best idea first step is to acquire a good fully intact & properly WORKING example to learn its intricacies before proceeding.

 

You are entirely correct. I messed up a Snorkel restoration 10 years ago. I just purchased another snorkel off eBay that I will use for parts, essentially the internal parts and the blind cap, and I will use the barrel, cap, and nib assembly from my original pen. Hopefully I have one working Valiant Snorkel Frankenpen when I am done. I have been looking at that broken snorkel for over 50 years and I want to get it working again.

[mitto]

...for over 50 years. That long? Why so?

[Penman222]

...for over 50 years. That long? Why so?

 

That is a long story. I broke it as a kid in the 1960's, and it sat in a box for 40 years. I tried to restore it 10 years ago but I messed it up pretty bad. I just recently decided to get some parts from another pen to replace the parts I destroyed and try again after having successfully repaired a few Esterbrooks. YouTube was very helpful, and it is now working perfectly and I am using it as my daily journal writer. The moral of the story - don't give up even if it takes 50 years.

Edited October 14, 2018 by bhbarto