探讨一个犀飞利潜艇Crest的问题

f101 · 发表于 2010-11-2 17:22

本帖最后由 f101 于 2010-11-2 17:29 编辑

Crest在犀飞利的潜艇当中是属于最高等级的笔款，生产年份是1952~1959年，14K胜利笔尖，包金笔帽，坛中已有很多介绍，这里不再多说。

去年收入一支，非常喜爱，在无意中发现我手中的这支和坛中见到的其他潜艇Crest有个区别，我这支的上水管是黄色的，网上也有此说法，有的说是铜管，有的说是镀金管（那时还没有镀金技术，都是包金，不可能在这么细的管子上包金吧），有的说是签名款的。。。。。。没有查到相关定论，故一直未能解惑。

此图为借用的“钢笔实验室”中的一张，按照下文中的说法，此图中的笔应该是普通Crest（笔握前端是宽的）

近日在ebay上闲逛，看到一则出售犀飞利潜艇Crest，让我惊奇的是，他的介绍中的信息，
链接在这里：
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sheaffer-Fou ... hash=item230b432655

原文如下：
PLEASE NOTE The first year snorkel can be distinguished by several features. One being the gold snorkel tube, another a shorter nib collar and a third is the internal snorkel filler’s spring collar (see photo). Some may argue that there is no basis for this statement, as there are no records on these unusual features, and the debate goes on. Fact these three features are rare and are always found together. These nibs are not interchangeable with later snorkel nibs (extended taper reduces diameter). Speculation from the field The snorkel was an instant classic, and is known as the most efficient pen ever designed, writing more words with the same amount of ink than any other fountain pen. With the instant success, IF Sheaffer had ADDED a solid gold snorkel tube after the pen was on the market, would not they have advertised a Special Model with a solid gold snorkel tube. Instead, the small cost in a gold snorkel tube added up quickly with the immediate success of this pen. When the solid gold tube was quickly and quietly replaced with steel, there was no advertising for “downgrading” the already successful pen. Additional note, most Snorkel Demonstrator pens have the first year features. A nicer writing set would be IMPOSSIBLE to find!!!

大致意思是，“这支是第一年生产的潜艇，区别有3点，实金的上水管，窄的笔握前端，上水管的弹簧挡圈，尽管没有资料记录这些信息，并且关于此的讨论一直在继续着，但这3个不同的特点在集中在一起是罕见的，并且笔尖不能和后续的潜艇笔款互换（extended taper reduces diameter不明白所指的意思），后来金管悄无声息被钢管替代了......”
下图中清晰地看出3个特点，上水管，弹簧挡圈，笔握前端（笔尖到笔握上圆圈纹路之间）要窄，手中没有其他的胜利尖笔款，无法做笔尖是否可以互换的比较

看到这些后，再把俺的那支Crest拿出，对照着作比较，真是如此，并在强光下仔细观察上水管，尽管长期存放，也未在上面发现一丝的铜绿，心下不禁揣摩，如果是铜管，这么细，难道不怕腐蚀吗，但钢材的防腐蚀技术在那时已经很通常了，心中也倾向金管（多少K无所谓了）之说。

发出此贴，希望大家探讨一下，有此笔款的也来说说，欢迎有识之士指点迷津