Product Description
Type Vintage snorkel filling fountain pen and mechanical pencil set. Like new condition!
Product Name Crest (snorkel version) with a white dot on the cap.
Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer, USA -- 1952-9.
Length Fountain Pen: 5-9/16"; Mechanical Pencil: 5-1/8"
Filling System Snorkel filler. We've fully restored it with a new sac, O-ring, and point gasket, and it's working very well. We'll send instructions for using this filling system. The mechanical pencil takes 0.9mm leads. We will include a packet of leads.
Color Burgundy barrels with a gold plated caps that have a pattern of stepped lines. Both pieces have original chalk marks showing price as well as model and nib size for the pen.
Nib MEDIUM 14k two-tone Triumph nib. The nib was made in the USA.
Condition Superior condition, in box, and with no cracks, chips, dents, or dings. This is a beautiful pen and pencil set in a great color, in lovely condition, and with original chalk marks on both pieces. The fountain pen barrel has long, thin microscratch lines, probably caused by the cord in the pen box. The cap has light microscratching and polishing marks. The clip has miniscule dot mark scratches. The white dot looks great. The mechanical pencil barrel has light microscratching. The cap has light to some moderate microscratching and a few small dots of tarnish just up from the cap lip. The clip has light microscratching. The white dot has a small scratch right in the center. The cone has moderate microscratching and a line of plating wear where it touches the barrel. The imprints on both pieces are very clear.
