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PFM the largest Snorkel from Sheaffer.

On February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 By chawm

PFM – are you “Man” enough for it? The year was 1959. The years leading to it had seen a move by most US fountain pen manufacturers towards the slender, longish pens like what were popularly referred to as the TM or the Thin Model Pens. Sheaffer was battling it