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[Pedro]

Thankfully, a great vendor saved this one for me at this year's Chicago Pen Show.  As soon as he saw me, he showed me the pen: a 1929 first-year OS Balance with the long humped clip touching the cap band and a pinned lever.  Then I opened the cap to reveal (drumroll, please) a Flexible #8 nib!

 

[jonro]

That is a nice find. Have you inked it up? How does it write?

[david i]

An early nib, and one that is rather uncommon.

 

-d

[JonSzanto]

That is a nice find. Have you inked it up? How does it write?

 

I'm certain that is a bona fide real set of questions, but it made me laugh - you sound like someone who just joined FPN about 2.5 weeks ago!

 

Great pen, Pedro. 

[Gerry Berg]

Bravo! Those early "self-filling" nibs are often quite flexible.