Snorkel conical nib and feed, with Aurora blue ink

[FredRydr]

So, after I restored a Sheaffer Snorkel Statesman EF with all the bells and whistles including PVC sac and o-ring, everything worked...except I was frustrated by the lack of ink flow from tip to paper. I checked all the points, including those esoteric Snorkel details like snorkel tube slit position. I disassembled and re-cleaned the front end and the snorkel tube a couple of times. Oh, it even gave a couple of good squirts when ejecting a fill; Shemp Howard would've been proud. I spent more than enough time tweaking the tines, and cleaning the slit and mating surface between feed and nib. Lastly, I switched from Waterman blue to Aurora blue because the latter always seemed "wet" to me. But no improvement. I cursed the thing and set it full in my pen rack with no plan in mind, but convinced this was more proof that Snorkel pens are ridiculous.

Hours later, I return to attack the problem. It writes beautifully! Did feed and nib come to a reconciliation through mediation by Aurora? I don't have an answer, but I'm not complaining.