Marine Green Sheaffer Balance long Junior - fine point

This is a somewhat unusual pen for a few reasons. It is a long Junior - yes, that is a thing. The Sheaffer Junior was target marketed to school age boys. It's counterpart for girls was the Miss Universe. The only differences between these two pens is the Junior has nickel plated trim and a nib stamped Junior while the Miss Universe has gold trim and a nib stamped 3. The standard models are both slender and short length - for students. But the Junior was also available in a longer length. Somewhat baffling to me since that makes it essentially the same pen as the Craftsman apart from the color of the trim and the nib stamp.

This pen is also odd because it has a 3 nib rather than a Junior nib despite the Sheaffer Jr. imprint on the cap clip. Perhaps they were out of Junior nibs at the factory that day? We'll never know.

The barrel clarity and transparency is marvelous. And the plating is absolutely flawless. The pen is truly like new. Not generally what I'd expect from a student pen.

The only notable flaw are a few marks on the grip section. Probably from a tool in a misguided attempt to remove the section. I've polished them down so I cannot feel them when writing though they are still visible.

The filling system has been restored with modern materials that will last decades.

Length
Capped - 136 mm (5.4”)
Uncapped - 117 mm (4.6”)
Posted - 158 mm (6.2”).
Diameter
Cap - 12.1 mm (0.48”)
Barrel - 10.6 mm (0.42”)

Filler
Vacuum-Fil

Nib
Fine