C1929 SHEAFFER JET BLACK OVERSIZE BALANCE FOUNTAIN PEN XF-BBB FLEX NIB RESTORED

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For your consideration, we are offering for sale this Restored Circa 1929 Sheaffer Oversize Balance Fountain Pen in the Jet Black Celluloid with fully flexible nib. This fountain pen has been thoroughly taken apart, cleaned, put back together, and now is in wonderful writing condition.

Note: This Balance is a 1st Year style due to the Clip reaching to the top of the cap banding. This balance is the early style.

I have ultrasonically cleaned the NIB, feed, and section. Replaced the rubber sac with a new sac. Hand polished the Gold Filled Clip, Cap Banding, and 14K Gold Flex NIB. I also cleaned, buffed, and polished the barrel and cap to bring back the vibrancy and to protect the celluloid of the fountain pen.

This fountain pen cap and barrel are in excellent condition with no cracks, chips, or repairs with the cap always securing tightly to the barrel. The cap has the White Dot with a Gold Filled Hump Clip and Cap Banding. The clip displays just a touch of wear on the ball at the end of the clip. The Cap Banding has been polished to shine brightly but displays no wear. On the back side of the cap banding is professionally engraved initials on the banding with, "B.G.S." The lever is in excellent condition and been polished to shine brightly with just a hint of wear. The barrel is stamped, albeit very light, with, "W.A. SHEAFFER PEN CO FORT MADISON, IOWA U.S.A. PATENTED". There are no monograms or personalizations either the cap or barrel. This Oversized Sheaffer Balance Fountain Pen measures 5 7/8" in length capped and 6 8/8" posted.

I have tested the lever filling mechanism with water and fills as it should.

This is where this Sheaffer gets very interesting, as you typically do not see Nibs that flex like this on Sheaffers...This Sheaffer NIB is 14K and VERY FLEXIBLE, I cannot emphasize this enough. The actual 14K Sheaffer NIB has a medium point measuring roughly .65mm when measured with digital calipers. When writing a sample with this NIB, it writes with an extra-fine to a triple broad stroke line variation. In the writing sample provided, the fine line measures at .43mm (with light pressure) and will flex to a triple broad stroke that measures at 2.23mm with firm pressure when measuring with digital calipers. The writing sample was done with the actual pen in the images that are listed for sale. The writing sample was used by dipping the NIB in Montblanc Blue Ink.

This is one of those vintage Sheaffer Oversize Fountain Pens you don't always get a chance to secure in your collection with this type of flexible NIB on a first year Balance is why the price is where it is. This classy Oversize Sheaffer Balance Fountain Pen in the Jet Black Celluloid would grade in Excellent Condition. Certainly, this fountain pen is collector grade and is ready to write with or just add to writing arsenal collection.

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