Sheaffer Snorkel Photo Thread 1952-1959

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

Original scan:

 

repaired in photoshop:

 

replicated with actual photos of real pens:

 

comparison, real photos vs drawings:

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more replicated advertising

in this one, the wrong pen is used (there are two Gold "Triumph" snorkels, and at the time I only had one, I now have both but haven't redone the work)

 

hope you enjoy

 

 

 

peek behind the curtain: 

 

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

 

 

tks to @PenHerofor the original scan. I am reasonably happy with how this one came out, I still wanted it to look like a scan and I didn't want to over do it on the restoration.

 

edit: anyone else notice the dig at the "51" in the ad?  

[jmccarty3]

I loved the Sheaffer ads in National Geographic. We grew up using Sheaffer school pens in the '50s, and our local jeweler was a Sheaffer dealer, with a display case just inside the door. My parents broke down and bought me a PFM I when I was in the seventh grade.

[inkstainedruth]

23 hours ago, IThinkIHaveAProblem said:

 

 

tks to @PenHerofor the original scan. I am reasonably happy with how this one came out, I still wanted it to look like a scan and I didn't want to over do it on the restoration.

 

edit: anyone else notice the dig at the "51" in the ad?  

Of course they DON'T mention that when you're then cleaning the pen out, there will be a lot of ink in the feed.... 

And I say that as someone who really likes Snorkels....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

1 hour ago, jmccarty3 said:

I loved the Sheaffer ads in National Geographic. We grew up using Sheaffer school pens in the '50s, and our local jeweler was a Sheaffer dealer, with a display case just inside the door. My parents broke down and bought me a PFM I when I was in the seventh grade.

whoa... a PFM in 7th grade? ... 

 

FPs were before my day but I do have an appreciation of what that implies!  

 

I hope you took good care of it!

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

1 hour ago, inkstainedruth said:

Of course they DON'T mention that when you're then cleaning the pen out, there will be a lot of ink in the feed.... 

And I say that as someone who really likes Snorkels....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

FPs in regular use predates me, but going by the "one man, one pen, one ink" theory, I suspect that was less of an issue?...

I like my snorkels too  

 

if you're cleaning out a pen, if you haven't already, build @Ron Z's salad spinner centrifuge! absolutely worth it, worth it if it was 4X the price!

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

Thanks to @PenHero for the original scan (such an awesome website!)

1953 Snorkel ad

[inkstainedruth]

On 3/17/2025 at 9:54 PM, IThinkIHaveAProblem said:

FPs in regular use predates me, but going by the "one man, one pen, one ink" theory, I suspect that was less of an issue?...

I like my snorkels too  

 

if you're cleaning out a pen, if you haven't already, build @Ron Z's salad spinner centrifuge! absolutely worth it, worth it if it was 4X the price!

Oh I bought a salad spinner just for that purpose a number of years ago.  But never put the "pen centrifuge" together.  I don't really have the counter space in my bathroom, and it's often just as easy to stick a clean paper towel into one of the straight-wall votive candle holders that ARE on the counter and let the pens I've flushed in the OTHER votive candle holder drain into that.  That way I can go off and do something else in the meantime (watch TV, do the dinner dishes, run out shopping, check on the laundry loads, read, FPN, etc.).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

28 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Oh I bought a salad spinner just for that purpose a number of years ago.  But never put the "pen centrifuge" together.  I don't really have the counter space in my bathroom, and it's often just as easy to stick a clean paper towel into one of the straight-wall votive candle holders that ARE on the counter and let the pens I've flushed in the OTHER votive candle holder drain into that.  That way I can go off and do something else in the meantime (watch TV, do the dinner dishes, run out shopping, check on the laundry loads, read, FPN, etc.).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I do the paper towel thing too, but after its final flush with water and its last spin in the centrifuge.

usually only takes about 2 go rounds for a snorkel, and 4 or so for a "51" to be totally clean

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks for the info.  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth