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[david i]

Terrific Snorkel nib. Figure it was the two Georges Rimakis who recently (at Boston 2010) had pointed out (and here I'd thought I knew it all ) one of the identifying and a bit nuanced features (besides the codemarks appropriate to this scarce nib) for flex nib Snorks.

Anyone else catch the clue?

PIcked this neat nib up from a Snorkel-oriented pen friend recently.

regards

David

[Jim B]

Terrific Snorkel nib. Figure it was the two Georges Rimakis who recently (at Boston 2010) had pointed out (and here I'd thought I knew it all ) one of the identifying and a bit nuanced features (besides the codemarks appropriate to this scarce nib) for flex nib Snorks.

Anyone else catch the clue?

No incised line between the gold and the plating? Doc, is this the nib you showed me in Boston? It sold right?

[david i]

No incised line between the gold and the plating? Doc, is this the nib you showed me in Boston? It sold right?

Hi Jim,

That was a Triumph nib FX-4 PdAg. It was claimed as expected.

Good call on the dividing line, not that I'd expect otherwise from an advanced Snorkler like you

This one does not have a stamped separator between the gold portion and the white-masked portion. The masking simply stops (and shows rough edge). Speculation is that Sheaffer did not want to weaken the metal on a flex nib.

Regards

David

[Jim B]

BTW, Here's a couple of my rare snorkel nibs. The one in the middle is a flexi stub.

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[Jim B]

Oh ya now I seem to remember. Is this one available?

BTW, if you look closely at my photo, note the flexi Music nib on the left has NO incised line while the "normal" Music nib on the right HAS the incised line!

I don't offer as proof per say, but certainly an interesting documented reality, given these nibs.


Why is my photo so small? It does click larger on my mac. Does it on the board also?

[david i]

That's a great photo!

Not sure it has been posted elsewhere, but it is a very powerful educational view for Snork nibs :)Yes, it seems your photo uploads are behaving properly. Invision Power constantly tweaks the boardware. While posted photos that are via a link to outside site (eg the Snork nib that is hosted at Vacumania) show up as posted, reduced only to fit the boundaries of the visible limits to the forum box, directly uploaded images hosted at FPB and accessed by the boardware show up now as thumbnails, clickable to full size (which can be, it seems be larger than the visible window, though one then must scroll). Makes sense i guess, keeps everything tidy (tidiness being key) while offering access to images. We will have to hunt about to see if there is option in the evil boardware to have picture simply show lifesize.

If worried people won't know to click on thumbnail, you can always type "click on thumbnail" nearby, I suppose ;)Of note, you also can upload images to your own created Album in GALLERY, and have the image stored for subsequent access in any post. There are couple ways to embed the image once Galleried (is that a word?) with the embed text shown in the album similar to how Youtube offers embed text for videos. There is album creation command for members (go see Sam's and others') and you can load pics into our dedicated, themed Albums (there is category for Sheaffer and Album for later pens. More categories to follow)


To explore GALLERY, go near top of board. Instead of FORUM tab (where we spend most time), hit GALLERY.regardsdavid

[George]

I always wondered why Sheaffer did not put the incised lines in the nib... It could have been a fear of metal fatigue, but I doubt that since some later palladium flex nibs have the lines. It could have possibly been the need for an instant recognition of a flex or music nib at the factory - perhaps the workers did not want to mix up the nib production with a regular Sheaffer nib.

George