CIRCA 1938 SHEAFFER OVERSIZE GRAY PEARL BALANCE FOUNTAIN PEN PLUNGER FILL RESTORED

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For your consideration, we are offering for sale this Very Scarce Restored Circa 1938 Sheaffer Oversize Balance Fountain Pen in the Gray Black Pearl Celluloid. This fountain pen has been thoroughly taken apart, cleaned and put back together and now is in wonderful writing condition.

I have ultrasonically cleaned the NIB, feed, section, and barrel. Replaced the old packing unit with new, added a new plunger gasket, and new stainless plunger rod. Hand polished the Gold Filled Clip, Cap Banding and 14K Gold 2-Tone NIB. I also cleaned, buffed, polished, and waxed the barrel, cap, and blind cap to bring back the vibrancy and to protect the celluloid of the fountain pen.

This fountain pen cap and barrel are in magnificent condition with no chips, cracks, teeth marks or repairs with the cap always securing tightly to the barrel. The cap has the White Dot with Nickel Plated Clip that displays some minor scratching. This Cap has the Off-Catalog Jewelers Lined Cap Banding displaying Nickel Plating with only some minor scratching that commensurates with age but overall the trim is in fabulous condition. The barrel is clearly stamped with, "W.A. Sheaffer Pen Co Fort Madison, Iowa, U.S.A. Patented in the U.S.A.". Collector Alert: The transparency of the barrel is Near Water Clear - one can easily see through the barrel, albeit with mild ambering, these are hard to find in this condition. There are no monograms or personalizations on the cap or barrel. This Oversized Sheaffer Balance Fountain Pen measures 5 5/8" in length capped and 6 3/8" posted.

I have tested the plunger filling mechanism with water and fills as it should. The Plunger Filling System works excellent and holds an enormous amount of ink.

This Sheaffer has the 2-Tone 14K NIB. The actual writing portion, the iridium, of the 14K Sheaffer NIB has a medium point measuring roughly .66mm when measured with digital calipers. When creating a writing sample, the NIB writes with an extra fine to medium stroke/line measuring between .40mm to .65mm when measured with digital calipers. I have to point out that this Sheaffer Nib writes very smooth - such a pleasure to write with. 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 Parker Quink Blue Ink.

Any specks of white in the images are from the cotton that I used to clean the barrel and cap.

This is a very Rare Oversize Sheaffer Balance Fountain Pen in the Gray Black Pearl Celluloid with hard to acquire Jeweler's Cap Banding that I would grade in Very Fine to Excellent Condition. The barrel transparency is in such immaculate condition and will be a prize for the new owner. Certainly, this fountain pen is collector grade and this fine writing instrument is ready to write with or just add to writing arsenal collection.

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