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 silicone sac
Color Jade green with gold filled trim
Nib Extra fine nib. 14k two-tone Lifetime nib has great tipping material and is very symmetrical, though the nib channel is a little scratched up on the top side.
Condition Excellent condition with only a few light scratches. There is brassing on some of the the trim - clip ball and the top of the clip, but the cap band looks good.The green color is very bright on the cap, and partially discolored on the barrel. No cracks or chips. It looks like someone made two small impressions with a hot pin ... one on the white dot, and one on the cap (see close-ups)