Type  Vintage fountain pen, working well. Product Name  One of the small Balance Lifetime models Manufacturer and Year  Sheaffer, made in USA - circa the mid-1930s, with the "radius" style clip. Length  4-13/16"...

Type  Vintage pen, full size. Product Name  Balance Lifetime 1000. You see these 1000s in standard full size like this one, but also in fatter sizes. Manufacturer and Year  Sheaffer, USA - circa 1935-42 (those were the years of...

Type  Vintage mechanical pencil with a Military clip. Product Name  Balance 300 Military Clip pencil (300 is marked on the barrel, thought the 3 is barely visible).  Manufacturer and Year  Sheaffer, made in USA – circa...

Type  Vintage Mechanical Pencil Product Name This is in the Balance family, and it is the mate to the fat oversize Balance "senior" pens.  Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer 1930s (they produced this pattern from 1929 to 1934, and used this long...

Type  Vintage Mechanical Pencil Product Name This is in the Balance family, and it is the mate to the fat oversize Balance "senior" pens.  Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer 1930s (they produced this pattern from 1929 to 1934, and used this long...

Type  Vintage Mechanical Pencil Product Name This is in the Balance family, and it is the mate to the fat oversize Balance "senior" pens.  Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer 1930s (they produced this pattern from 1929 to 1934, and used this long...

Type  Vintage mechanical pencil  Product Name This is in the Balance family, and it's a full sized model. Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer USA, early 1930s (long humped clip) Length  5-5/16" (a mate to the oversized fountain...

Type  Vintage pen and pencil set in excellent working condition. Product Name  Balance Lifetime 1000 fountain pen and 350 pencil. Both pieces have the model numbers marked on the barrel.  This is not the super fat oversized Balance...

Type  Vintage lever-filling full-sized fountain pen. Product Name  Balance Lifetime oversize. Manufacturer and Year  Sheaffer, made in USA -- 1929-30, this pen has the first style of clip (aka long humped ball)...

Type  Beautiful oversize fountain pen ... this version has what they call the "short quill" detachable end. Sometimes people think this has to do with phone dialing, but there's no evidence to support this, though it could be removed to convert the...

Type  Vintage fountain pen Product Name  Balance Lifetime, it's oversized in terms of length, but not particularly fat. Manufacturer and Year  Sheaffer, made in USA -- 1929-31 (this color originated with the pen model, and the...

Type  Vintage oversized fountain pen and mechanical pencil set Product Name  Balance Lifetime Manufacturer and Year  Sheaffer, made in USA -- 1929-31 (this color originated with the pen model, and the long humped clip was...

Type  Vintage fountain pen and pencil Product Name  Sheaffer 875 Lifetime (Balance series) Manufacturer and Year  Sheaffer, USA, 1930s/1940s Length  Pen is 5-3/8", pencil is 5-7/16" long.  Filling System ...

Type  Vintage Mechanical Pencil Product Name This is in the Balance family, and it is the mate to the fat oversize Balance "senior" pens.  Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer 1930s (they produced this pattern from 1929 to 1934, and used this long...

Type  Vintage fountain pen Product Name  Balance Lifetime, it's oversized in terms of length, but not particularly fat. Manufacturer and Year  Sheaffer, made in USA -- 1929-31 (this color originated with the pen model, and the...

Type  Vintage mechanical pencil  Product Name This is in the Balance family, and it's an full sized model. Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer USA, early 1930s (long humped clip) Length  5-5/16" (a mate to the oversized fountain...

Type  vintage fountain pen Product Name Sheaffer Balance 875 with a Lifetime nib. 875 is printed on the barrel and refers to the price at the time of manufacture. Circa 1938, pens got model names and this one would be "Lady Sheaffer." Manufacturer...

Type  vintage combination fountain pen and mechanical pencil in good working condition Product Name  Sheaffer Lifetime Balance combo. Rather uncommon, we see these Balance era combo pens mostly as non-white-dot models with...