david i
February 24th, 2015, 03:57 AM
This year's LA Pen Show (Feb 2015) allowed me to add several great pens to my personal collection. I bought plenty for the website as well. This one goes into my personal collection. Sheaffer 1934-1935 Balance, oversized, Ebonized Pearl Celluloid, off-catalogue with extra-wide gold-filled cap-band. This is not an Autograph, a pen with solid gold trim, though based on the wide cap-band one might at first have wondered. I've seen just a few Balances with extra-wide smooth gold-filled cap-band and this is the first in Ebonized Pearl, never mind oversized Ebonized Pearl. One readily can imagine this to have been a special order item. "Hey we'd like to give a gift pen but don't want to spring for the $20 or so for solid gold trim. Could you give us a slightly bumped cap-band?"
Perhaps more scarce than some of the exotic cap-band pens (double, triple, fish-scale), it still packs a bit less oomph than those pens. Still, I'm always happy to add to the collectiona Balance that's a bit off the beaten path. This one is not in bad shape, though has a bit of brassing. Though I am a mere wee dabbler at Balance, mapping the skills honed from years of Parker Vacumatic hunting does make for some nice finds.
I post this as I end my short-notice vacation in Uruguay. Had some Bailey's in the airport VIP lounge. Getting ready on the plane for takeoff, dinner and 7 hours sleep. Weird week.
http://vacumania.com/penteech2/sheafferbalance_ebonized_OS_wideGFcapband950a.jpg
Sweet pen. I hope to have a couple other interesting Sheaffers to show later this week, some from the recent pen show.
Perhaps more scarce than some of the exotic cap-band pens (double, triple, fish-scale), it still packs a bit less oomph than those pens. Still, I'm always happy to add to the collectiona Balance that's a bit off the beaten path. This one is not in bad shape, though has a bit of brassing. Though I am a mere wee dabbler at Balance, mapping the skills honed from years of Parker Vacumatic hunting does make for some nice finds.
I post this as I end my short-notice vacation in Uruguay. Had some Bailey's in the airport VIP lounge. Getting ready on the plane for takeoff, dinner and 7 hours sleep. Weird week.
http://vacumania.com/penteech2/sheafferbalance_ebonized_OS_wideGFcapband950a.jpg
Sweet pen. I hope to have a couple other interesting Sheaffers to show later this week, some from the recent pen show.