Product Description
Type | Beautiful oversize fountain pen |
Product Name | Balance Lifetime |
Manufacturer and Year | Sheaffer, USA, 1929. This is the very first Sheaffer Balance model, with the long attached tapered tail. Subsequent models shortened the taper, and other models had a detachable tail. |
Length | 5-3/4" |
Filling System | Lever filler - we installed a new sac |
Color | Black with gold filled trim |
Nib | Great nib! 14k two-tone Lifetime nib is medium and it has a subtle cut that gives you a little line variation on the horizontal stroke. |
Condition
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Excellent condition with only a few light scratches and some bite marks on the end. There is brassing on some of the the trim - Clip ball and cap band. It looks like some of the clip has been replated, but all in all the results are very good and it is one sharp pen. |