
Pilot Legance
Japan, 2010-14. Japan market-only pen. Brown/green/red acrylic. Wonderful soft nib. Great everyday carry and air travel pen.
Japan, 2010-14. Japan market-only pen. Brown/green/red acrylic. Wonderful soft nib. Great everyday carry and air travel pen.
France, 1941-43. The French could not produce a Parker pen under Nazi occupation, so an entrepreneur imported and assembled Parker parts, called them Plexor. Thus, it’s no coincidence that it looks like a later Duofold; in fact there were complaints that Parker just sent older parts to France. Oversize button-filler, gold Plexor nib.
Japan 2018. Sailor’s Osamu Dazai’s 110th Birth Anniversary pen, celebrated in 2019. It’s a limited edition pen, issued for the Japanese market. In bright orange resin. It has a (Japanese) fine nib; a fast writer with a bit of feedback.
USA 1945-46. Full-size Vac-Fill, carmine celluloid, Triumph nib, 1250 price code. This was from the very end of Balance production. Restored by Ron Zorn before I knew how to do it.
USA, late 1930s. The largest of Sheaffer’s later Balances, this black Premier got me to sell my 1930 oversized Balance. It’s perfect in the hand, a more evolved shape, wonderful nib. To me, one of the all-time high points of Sheaffer production.
USA, 1936-39. The Balances in Ebonized Pearl have always been special to me, a touch more elegant. This one is a Lifetime in short standard girth, with a few pliers gouges on the section, which didn’t stop me from grabbing it when it came my way. Firm fine writer, perfect for desktop and carry.
USA 1941-44. Wartime, marine green striated, Lifetime nib, 1000 price code, lever filler. The clip was made to wrap over the top of the cap to conform to military requirements that nothing obstruct a closed shirt flap. Typical Sheaffer firm nib, excellent writer.
USA, 1930s. Sheaffer produced multiple successive short generations of submodels during the depression years; Univers covered a broad range of quite nice pre-Balance styles to low end, in smaller quantity than the WASPs. This Univer, in a wonderful black and white pattern, is the nicest I’ve seen, in a short full girth pen.
England, postwar 1940s. Black chased ebonite, gold-plate nib. Interesting that pen is postwar but made of ebonite. Stephens was a Curzon/Lange brand, like Summit. Very nice wet writer.
England, late 1940s-54. Dark blue chased celluloid, original nib. Lever filler. Made by Curzon/Lang.