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   The real "holy grail" of the Sheaffer Snorkel line.
  The Sheaffer Valiant in brown, burnt umber if you will.
   I will post pictures. I too had never seen one until now.
  Anyone know of any today.
  John

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I've got a Brown (Burnt umber) with Tags and matching pencil, however, it's not a snorkel, but could easily be converted into one.

Jack

PS - My Holy Grail Snorkel is a Fiesta Red Valiant - still searching for one!!!


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  Well Jack at least your "Holy Grail" was listed in Sheaffer's catalog.
  The burnt umber, so I'm told, was reserved for desk sets. So I
guess that makes my brown snorkel set a bastard and not Holy
  at all. But a snorkel never the less.
   John

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John, Can't wait to see your pictures!

Jack

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Right. Bring on the pics!

I cant wait to see this bad boy. Where did you find it?


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    I will post the pictures I promise. However getting them from
 the camera to the forum is a process I've never completed. Once
 I do it I can share more pictures of the pens that have a story.
 And some before and after pics of some I tryed to restore.
 So...I found the brown snorkel on eBay item #330288432663,
 now I assume the seller knows what he's selling...otherwise
 egg on the face.
John

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John,

Are you sure it's a snorkel? Looks identical to mine with the visualated section that is of earlier vintage than those used in the snorkels. A snorkel by definition has a tube that extends out of the front of the nib for filling while keeping the nib itself out of the ink.  I believe that the eBay seller is confused as to what a "snorkel" is.

The other issue is that a true snorkel capped measures 142.5mm long while I suspect your "snorkel??" is 136.5mm long.

Jack

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John,

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but have some good mixed in as well.

Your new set isn't a Snorkel. It's a Touchdown filler & I'm fairly sure it's a first year/first style Touchdown.

Nice score.

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John,

Here are three photos of my Brown Sheaffer TD Filler.  You can see in the third photo that there is no snorkel tube.  Gorgeous pen nevertheless ande rather difficult to find.

Jack

BrownTD1.jpg

BrownTD2.jpg

BrownTD3.jpg

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Beautiful set Jack.

To be honest, I'd personally rather have the TD more than a Snorkel. TD's are easier to restore & i really dig the visuilated ink window on the section.

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Thanks Dennis, I've also got a similar TD set in the dark Prussian Blue color.

Here are two photos.  BTW, the nib on this is beauty is fantastic!

BlueTD1.jpg

BlueTD2.jpg

Jack

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  Alas & alack.no..Snorkels in burnt umber do not exist.
  Of course it was a touchdown and exactly like the one
  Jack is showing. I sent it back it had been gottin in to
  and canabalized but cosmetically it was perfect.
  The only snorkel in my collection worth mentioning is
   one with the solid gold snorkel tube. What I've come
   to learn about snorkels is they work real good and fill
   well but may not write well. Or they don't fill very well
   But may write like a dream. They have been difficult
   for me to adjust the flow...anyway fellas great pictures
   and thanks for your support. I've got the camera on a
   tripod and the backgrounds ready...to be continued.
 
   John

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I like snorkels a lot. My snorkels fill quickly, hold lots of ink and are excellent writers. But the visulated ink window might give TDs an edge over the snorkel. You have to give Sheaffer credit. They consistently came up with great innovations in fountain pen design and were always trying to make it a better product, not just a better looking product. The lever fill, Balance shape, TD, Snorkel, inlaid nib, were all advancements to the state of the art in fountain pen design that shaped the industry in more ways than one.

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I just might add a few more Sheaffer TD's to my collection in 2009. I've already got a huge collection of snorkels.

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That Prussian Blue set looks magnificent Jack.  A very nice colour.

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It is a great color.  Too bad they never used it in a "snorkel" model.

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Jack,

Just curious - Would you kindly post a quick list of the items in your pen photography setup? 

Thanks!

Rick

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Rick,

I generally use either a Ron Zorn (Main Street Pens) lightbox for overhead shots or a homemade cardboard box lined with white paper for shots taken at an angle.

For lighting I use two daylight fluorescent bulbs in reflectors.

I use a finicky (on it's way out) Olympus C3040 camera in macro mode for the shots. Hope to replace the camera soon with a more reliable/versatile model, most likely a Canon with at least 10 mp.

Jack

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Thanks Jack!

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smile awwnice pics

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