Restored Sheaffer EXCELLENT Pastel Blue Snorkel Statesman Medium Pt Pen & Pencil

Description

Restored Sheaffer
EXCELLENT Pastel Blue Snorkel Statesman
Medium Point Pen & Pencil
Length capped - 5 1/2"
Point - Medium
Mechanical pencil is excellent with new eraser, 3 extra leads in the storage area. Propels and retract as designed
Case is good with some soil on the end of the lining (photos)
This pastel blue Snorkel Statesman set is in excellent restored condition.
This Statesman is in excellent restored condition. The Statesman model is one of Sheaffer's White Dot models featuring a wider gold-filled cap band, spring-loaded clip, and Triumph nib. The Snorkel system is probably the most complex filling system found on a fountain pen, but nevertheless reliable and easy to maintain.
Sheaffer's White Dot Statesman features a palladium silver Triumph nib (80% palladium, 20% silver). Palladium silver is precious metal that Sheaffer began using in 1933 for the masks on premium gold nibs because of its excellent ink flow properties. Modern fountain pens with palladium silver nibs sell for about the same price as comparable models with 18k gold nibs.
Those who are attracted to gold nibs for gold's inherent value as a precious metal should be aware that while gold today sells for about 00 per ounce, palladium sells for 00 per ounce.
I will include a photocopy of an original Sheaffer's Snorkel instructions leaflet.
All restorations include
disassembly, cleaning,
replacement of all seals and the sac,
smoothing and adjusting the nib,
refinishing the plastic, stainless steel, and gold-filled surfaces,
filling the pen with ink (not just dipping)
and producing multiple writing samples over 2 days (like the one in the photo).
I guarantee the pens I restore write smoothly and fill as designed.
Payment is expected within 3 days.
.95 for USPS First Class shipping in cardboard box. Shipping to US addresses only.
NOTES:
I'm sorry but I ship only to residents of the US and Canada and do not ship to agents.
I BUY SNORKEL PENS AND PARTS.
Use the Contact Seller link above (under my name) and let me know what you have.