Product Description
Type | Vintage mechanical pencil in good working condition |
Product Name | This is in the Balance family, and it's a petite size. |
Manufacturer and Year | Sheaffer 1930s (they produced this pattern from 1929 to 1934, and used this long humped clip starting 1929, so that dates this pen to 1931 at the latest) |
Length | 4-3/16" |
Filling System | It takes 1.1mm (or "Thick") leads and extends lead in the traditional twist method. |
Color | Black and pearl: Black celluloid embedded with "floating" pieces of cream colored celluloid. Gold plated trim. |
Personalization | None |
Condition |
Very nice condition with some very small scratches here and there and some hand wear. Minor spots of brassing on the trim, specifically on the ball of the clip, and there are two small marks on the cap band about a quarter of an inch to either side of the clip. There are a few small indents on the cone, but the plating isn't worn hardly at all there (see photos). The eraser has nearly all been used, but this is a very nice pencil that still has some shine to it after so many years. |