Please Show Your Sheaffer Demonstrator Pens

[gee09]

Hi,

 

I bought myself a snorkel demonstrator to add to my collection and would interested to know what other Sheaffer demonstrators were made, pictures would be nice but any information would be appreciated.

 

I did see some Triumph/Imperial inlaid demonstrator nibs a while back that Sam at Pendemonium was selling, they were all snapped up very quickly and I missed out on one of those.

 

I do have a Imperial reminder clip demonstrator ballpen which I forgot to photograph.

 

Cheers

Gary

http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab148/ge09/demos.jpg?t=1302114179

 

Sheaffer Demonstrator fountain pens, Modern Balance LE, 800TD (Dolphin) Touchdown, PFM and Snorkel.

[furple]

Wish I had one to show...

 

That is the cleanest, clearest Snorkel Demo I've ever seen! Most are stained and/or ambered, and have had the black scrubbed out of the inside of the cap. Very, very nice!

Edited April 6, 2011 by furple

[Roger W.]

Gary;

 

They have flattop demos that show the double bar in action for the lever. I've not got one. The best demos are snorkels or PFM's like you've got. I just have a couple of snorkels.

 

Roger W.

 

http://www.sheafferflattops.com/images/Snorkdemo.jpg

[gee09]

Wish I had one to show...

 

That is the cleanest, clearest Snorkel Demo I've ever seen! Most are stained and/or ambered, and have had the black scrubbed out of the inside of the cap. Very, very nice!

 

I was happy when the snorkel arrived in such good condition, I took a risk on ebay!

 

Cheers

Gary

[gee09]

Gary;

 

They have flattop demos that show the double bar in action for the lever. I've not got one. The best demos are snorkels or PFM's like you've got. I just have a couple of snorkels.

 

Roger W.

 

http://www.sheafferflattops.com/images/Snorkdemo.jpg

Hi Roger,

 

Thanks for the info, hopefully someone will post some pictures.

 

Cheers

Gary

[DrPJM1]

Nice collection!

I wish I had an OS Balance demo....your demos look so pristine.

[haywoody]

I was lucky to snag one of the Triumph Imperial demo nib units from Sam when they were offered. I feel lucky to have snagged the one next to it too...

 

I would also love to find an OS Balance demo someday.

 

/Woody

 

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/1242653937_oeunH-L.jpg

Edited April 7, 2011 by haywoody

[PenAngell]

I've just been lucky enough to find three at one auction...snorkel, PFM and an Imperial (?) Ballpoint with reminder clip

[3rdlakerobert]

I haven't seen a Snorkel demonstrator with an open nib. It has a white dot too. Know anything about how that happened?

[PenAngell]

Hi Robert

 

It's how I found it - so whether it was a one-off or one of the salesmen replaced the nib unit or a subsequent owner did, I don't know. It would be an odd thing for a collector not to swap it like-for-like for the triumph nib! But they'd have had to change the snorkel tube too, as that is squared off, as for the open-nib snorkels.

 

Doesn't seem to make much sense, unless they ever produced open-nib demonstrators and the cap got switched...or perhaps it was so swanky they just gave it a white dot

 

Has anyone else ever seen an open-nib demonstrator?

Edited November 25, 2016 by PenAngell

[Roger W.]

There is no point to an open nib demonstrator. I do think it was cool to have a regular pen with a demonstrator tip so I think that is where it went and we've seen these. The demo nib doesn't do anything but, look cool so you swap that out and you still have the demonstrator barrel that has all of the action. An open nib demo is not factory original.

 

Roger W.

[PenAngell]

I wouldn't go as far to say there's no point to an open nib demonstrator, since the PFM demonstrators also have a solid section - it's the snorkel tube/spring which is where the interest lies imho. But interesting to hear people switch the demonstrator sections into normal pens - not heard of that before. Imteresting to hear it's not a factory original.

 

Do you know if they ever made snorkel demonstrators with non-transparent sections?

 

This particluar pen was bought in a job lot at auction - there were some other job lots in the same sale, so I'll have a scour through the auction photos to see if I can spot the dastardly swapped pen!

 

Thanks for all your help!

[Glenn-SC]

An open nib demo is not factory original.

 

Is this documented?

[Lazard 20]

... hopefully someone will post some pictures.
Cheers
Gary

 

Here you are a couple of examples flat top demonstrator.

Edited November 27, 2016 by Lazard 20

[Ron Z]

Nice pens Lazard! You don't see that color of jade that clean very often.

[saskia_madding]

This thread has fully BLOWN MY MIND.

[FerDS]

These are awesome O.o

[Roger W.]

 

Is this documented?

The demo was for the high end model which were all triumph nibbed. It doesn't make sense for there to be an open nibbed demo but, there isn't anything I can show you where Sheaffer says we never made open nibbed demos. I guess if it were a factory original the section would be clear on the open nib as it is clear on the triumph nib and as it is not that is your proof.

 

Roger W.

[Glenn-SC]

... there isn't anything I can show you where Sheaffer says we never made open nibbed demos.

 

 

"I guess" is not proof.

[Roger W.]

Glenn;

 

Demo caps are always white dot and, it would follow, a triumph nib would be the proper accompanying nib. Open nibs on white dot pens are not factory original but, they are out there and easily made. I would concede that open nib demos are appropriate if you had a non-white dot demo cap. PenAngell's example is a white dot cap, therefore the open nib is not factory original.

 

Roger W.