Can You Identify This Pen?

[Manalto]

http://www.shorpy.com/node/19608

 

[usk15]

Maybe a Sheaffer Ballance?

[Wahl]

It does look like a Sheaffer Balance.

[WayTooManyHobbies]

I agree - a Balance.

[Manalto]

Thank you! That taper at the top is distinctive. I'd say from the writing that it's a fine point.

[delano]

Yes, a Balance for sure.

 

I'm not sure you could judge the nib by the writing -- they could have used someone else's book for the picture because it looked better.

[Manalto]

Yes, a Balance for sure.

 

I'm not sure you could judge the nib by the writing -- they could have used someone else's book for the picture because it looked better.

 

I wouldn't be so sure that it's Richard Ormsbee licking the stamps either. They probably got a more attractive child to sit in.

Edited May 7, 2015 by Manalto

[delano]

 

I wouldn't be so sure that it's Richard Ormsbee licking the stamps either. They probably got a more attractive child to sit in.

 

A man with a lot of publishing experience, I see.

[Manalto]

Today, he'd have to be of ambiguous racial background. Tomorrow - gender.

Edited May 10, 2015 by Manalto