1935 Ebonized Pearl Sheaffer Balance - fine Feather Touch 5 nib - hidden

Sheaffer introduced the Vacuum-Fil Balance in 1935. I think it is one of the best pens ever made. And it's paired with the Feather Touch 5 - one of the best nibs ever made.

Listed in the 1935 catalog as FEATHERTOUCH Balance pen model D5W "with the famous FEATHERTOUCH Point".

The Feather Touch 5 nib is the same size as a modern #5 nib. Though there are no modern #5 nibs that perform on this level. It is soft and expressive and provides very nice line variation under normal writing pressure. It is not meant to be pushed like a flexible or even semi-flexible nib.

This pen is comparable in physical dimensions to a modern Pelikan M6xx or Sailor 1911L (ProFit 21).

Length
Capped - 130 mm (5.1”)
Uncapped - 116 mm (4.6”)
Posted - 144 mm (5.7”).
Diameter
Cap - 13.3 mm (0.52”)
Barrel - 11.6 mm (0.46”)

Filler
Vacuum-Fil

Nib
Fine with lovely line variation