SH959: Sheaffer Statesman Snorkel

Date: c1950s

Size: Capped - 5 5/8 inches; posted - 6 7/16 inches.

A beautiful pastel grey and glossy Statesman Snorkel.   Both barrel and cap are in excellent condition They are both glossy in appearance with no noticeable scratches or any other damage.  The cap has the Sheaffer white dot above the tapered gold filled pocket clip.  There is also a wide gold filled cap lip band.  There is no brassing or other damage to either clip or band.  The barrel imprint on this pen is good and crisp, and a lot better than most Snorkel imprints that I see.  The ribbed finger grip is in shiny black plastic.  The lovely big Triumph nib is in a fine point (marked "F4" on the underside) and made from Palladium Silver alloy.   It too is in excellent condition.

I have fully serviced this pen.  It fills nicely with good compression.  The filling tube winds in and out smoothly and easily.  The nib is very smooth in action and lays down an excellent wet and fine width consistent line.

A very nice Statesman .