Product Description
Type Vintage fountain pen with Snorkel filling system.
Product Name Sheaffer Statesman Snorkel.
Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer, made in USA -- 1952-59.
Length Just under 5-5/8" capped
Filling System Snorkel filler with an angled snorkel tube. The cut on the end of the tube is based off of the nib. We've fully restored it with a new sac, O-ring, and point gasket. Works very well.
Color Black body and cap with gold plated trim and a 3/8" cap band with simple carved border. This would have been called "Jet Black."
Nib Medium Sheaffer's palladium silver nib. Smooth with nice tipping material. Quite firm.
Condition Very nice condition with no cracks, chips, dents, or dings. The pen is shiny and elegant in its simplicity. The cap and barrel have some scratching. The cap has a thin scratch that emanates from the white dot down to the right. There are also some longer, deeper scratch lines to the left of the clip. The barrel has some more moderate scratching toward the end probably from capping. The imprints are clear.