Product Description
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 short humped flat end clip.
Length 5-1/2"
Filling System Lever filler. We've restored it with a new sac and it's working perfectly.
Color Black and pearl with gold plated trim. Better than average color, very uniform. The color originally had a black and pearl color scheme, but it is quite common for the white pearl portion to amber and loose its pearly character. In this case, only a few spots have ambered to the extent that they've lost their pearliness. Most of the spots are a bit darker than they were originally, but you can still see the depth of the original color. The cap band is 1/8" wide. White dot above the clip. The pen is personalized on the barrel, "F.R. Smith".
Nib Fine gold nib. It says Sheaffer Lifetime on it, is single tone, and stamped with serial number 6519329
Condition Excellent + condition. This is a large-sized pen in a classic design and color scheme. The "pearls" have mellowed to an eggshell color tinged with green and some, on the barrel, with a light caramel color. The barrel has marks caused by the cap lip as well as light scratching. It is personalized, "F.R. Smith" but you need to look closely to see it. The lever has scratching but it still shines gold. The very end of the barrel has an area where the celluloid has some hairline cracks. The cap has light to moderate scratching. The cap band has light scratching but no plating wear. The clip looks excellent with just a few small scratches above the flat end. The white dot is a creamy color. The imprints are clear.