Product Description
Type Vintage lever filling fountain pen.
Product Name Lifetime oversized Balance. White Dot.
Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer, made in USA -- circa 1931-34 (those are the aproximate dates pens were made with this style of clip).
Length 5-5/8".
Filling System Lever filler. We've restored it with a new sac and it's working very well.
Color Red veined grey pearl with gold plated trim, a short flat ball humped clip, and a 1/8" cap band. Personalized on barrel, "Y T H".
Nib FINE gold Lifetime nib.
Condition Excellent condition for this colorful, shiny pen that is large and impressive. The color is excellent with no fading and showing pearlization. The barrel has marks caused by the cap lip, one very long scratch starting near the cap lip and moderate scratching near the end of the barrel with a couple of long scratches there, too. The lever has long, thin scratches. There are tool marks on the seciton. This color is more or less impossible to find without cap lip cracks. The cap has a crack on the lip which follows the seam of the material above it on the cap (the seam undoubtedly represents a weak area). Most of the cap has moderate small scratches. The top of the cap has some vein-y looking scratches. The cap band has microscratching; it is nice and golden. The clip has plating wear around the edge of the flat ball end. There is a tiny ping just above that on the clip face. The white dot looks great. The pen is personalized on the barrel, "Y T H". The imprints are clear.
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