Sheaffer 14K Gold Snorkle Desk Pen

August 20, 2019

Hi anyone,

I just tried my lucky find of Sheaffer Peacock blue ink in a pen I don't care about just in case the old ink has issues. It looks great and I see little to no strange particles. I don't care for the smell based on other inks, so I can't tell if it is bad yet. LOVE the color. My first memory of ever using a fountain pen ink.

I wanted to put it in a real vintage Sheaffer pen for memory sake. So I just ordered a sheaffer 14k snorkle fountain pen desk pen with out the desk set "holder"as the seller said it was new. My fear is that the pen will dry out of course unless its screwed back into the holder cap piece. I found a shaeffer desk pen holder I really liked, porcelaine, made for Shaeffer, but not sure if it has threads for sealing the cap or just placing the pen. I will have to wait for it's arrival to check to make sure.

Any advice or wisdom in this area?

Deidre

August 21, 2019

The desk set sockets that go with the snorkel pens have threads so that the pen can screw into the socket. This keeps the pen from drying out. If you are writing extensively at one sitting with the pen and putting it in and out of the socket, you wouldn't normally need to screw it back in until you are finished. In any event it just takes a slight twist.

The later Sheaffer desk set sockets do not have the threads. The pens are designed to just slip into the sockets and because of the design the points remain wet for a considerable time (weeks, I would say).

Dave

August 23, 2019

Greetings and welcome to FPN.

August 27, 2019

Thank you Dave and and Ancient Artifact, for your welcome and your wisdom in this area. You are right, this desk pen holder by Lennox for Sheaffer has no threads, I just placed an o ring on the pen in the meantime. Keeping my fingers crossed it won't dry out between fillings...I just filled the snorkle desk pen after briefly flushing it, filled with Waterman Tender Purple. Hoping the purple ink will not hurt the sac as I read in other postings. Writes really well, seems to be a medium.

Been shopping and buying pens now for 2-3 years, I can't remember anymore. As soon as I think I I'm done buying pens, something like my "first ink color" pops up and I'm in for the whole gamut.

I have a horrible addiction to pens and ink...hence my handle.