Hi All

I recently won this Sheaffer's Balance 1000 in a local auction.   I was drawn to it for the Military Clip.   However when restoring it and cleaning the section, nib and feed I saw the feed start turning white.   My immediate thoughts were Oh no, the water!  

On closer examination the feed looked to be made of a white material, probably plastic.   So off to Google to find that Sheaffer's white feed was a factual event around 1940, but with no definitive answer as to whether it was a factory experiment or a rubber saving decision due to the war.

Apparently either rare or very uncommon?

A lucky and pleasing win from our local auction site - a WAHL SIGNATURE OVERSIZE in red & black mottled hard rubber.  Price converts to US$105 paid.   In original and excellent condition with no brassing to the gold fittings.  

It is a large pen at 140 mm capped with a barrel diameter of 14 mm but well balanced in the hand with or without the cap.  A very nice addition to my small WAHL EVERSHARP collection.  

Innes