Sheaffer's Balance is the second most prevalent pen in my own collection, following Vacumatic. While I do not hunt it with the same completist bent seen with my Vac collection, I nonetheless greatly enjoy finding "better" pens and of course unusual variants. Catalogued Balances feature a single cap-band usually of (variable) medium girth, save for the wider solid gold "autograph" band.
My wee hoard of pens with uncatalogued cap-bands includes those with the wide "jeweler's" milled band, double and triple deco band, and fish-scale band. The double, triple, and fishscale pens are far more uncommon than the other cap-band patterns.
So, I was very happy when at the recent Philadelphia Pen Show, during my final minutes there, I found a variant Sheaffer Balance I'd never seen before. The contour is that of the humble petite Balance, the slender extra-short model.
http://vacumania.com/penteech2/sheafferbalancejadedoubleband850a.jpg
This is the first pen I've seen in Jade celluloid to have a double cap-band.
And, amongst pens I've seen with the double cap-band, this is the first i've seen with smooth bands, the others having decorative pattern.
A neat find, no doubt.
regards
David
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