Dip into vintage pens with this smaller sized, and affordably priced, Sheaffer Balance from the 1930s. Truly one of the great pen designs, these pens are ideal workhorse pens. We restored this one with a new ink sac. One of the nice touches on its design is the ink-viewing window that lets you know when you are almost out of ink! Like any true writer that got daily use for years, this pen is heavily brassed and shows moderate wear from use. No cracks. You will write a nice fine line with its 14k gold nib. Click the headline for close-ups. The nib looks a little like a hawk's beak. It digs into the paper a little on the loops of ascenders and descenders of cursive letters. Slender but 13.3cm capped.