Product Description
Type Vintage fountain pen and pencil set in excellent working condition
Product Name Sheaffer Balance 500 fountain pen. Circa 1938, pens got model names and this one would be "Admiral." It would have cost $5.00, and it does have the 500 imprint. The pencil is marked 400.
Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer USA -- 1941-42, these are the official years the military clip was used but it could be from a bit later.
Length The fountain pen is 5-1/4"; the mechanical pencil is 5-1/16". The pen is rather fat.
Filling System Lever filling system which we have fully restored with a new sac. It's working perfectly. The mechanical pencil takes 0.9mm leads.
Color Brown striated with gold trim and the military style clip. There is a see-through amber viewing window on the feed of the fountain pen.
Nib EXTRA FINE 14k Two-tone Feather Touch #5 nib. See writing sample, below.
Condition Excellent + condition for this beautiful pen and pencil set that comes in a black leather zipped case. The fountain pen barrel has capping lines and light scratching with some more moderate scratching toward the end of the barrel. The cap has light wear especially around the top of the clip. The lever has a few spots of plating wear along the upper edges. The clip and cap ring look great. The mechanical pencil has some light scratching on the cap and barrel with some longer scratch lines near the cone. The nose cone and clip have light scratching. The imprints are clear on both pieces. The black leather case is not marked Sheaffer, it looks like the kind of cases Pelikan used.
