I was in the market for a Snorkel with a Fine nib since the Black Admiral I currently have has a M2/Medium nib that's pretty wet.
So I picked up this Burgundy Snorkel listed with a Fine nib and Sac and Seals replaced for $27 shipped, but stated that the nib runs dry and is a hard starter at times.
Turns out it's fine, the nib was simply sprung, which caused the nib to sit a little further away from the feed which contributed to the drying and hard-starting issues, and most people would just keep pressing to get ink flow going which would over time spring it more.
Plus whatever blue ink was used before really stained or clinged to the bottom of the nib, almost that shimmer you get when you burn a piece of metal over a lighter, so got that cleaned up with a good scrub, and soaked the feed to get that cleaned up good.
I took apart the pen to make sure everything seemed right (section wasn't even on with either shellac or silicone grease, guess felt he didn't need it, nor did the plunger seem like it was greased). Inside was nice and clean and sac looked good (just had to be sure), I put it back together again, greased it where needed and made sure to line up the feed/nib to the snorkel slit.
A little bit of work on the nib and it's a nice comfortable fine, wet but not too wet, and really smooth now.
And a close shot of the impression I took right when I got the pen:
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