Equi-Poised With A Black Finial?

[Paul-in-SF]

I recently received the pen shown in the photo below. It appears in all respects (in my limited experience) to be an Equi-Poised (with pretty good Jade Green color) except for the black finial on the barrel. This finial is very similar, but not identical, to the ones that appear on two of my small "flat-top" gold seal pens -- this one has a little more of a dome, the others are slightly closer to flat.

 

So I'm wondering if this pen ever came from the factory with this finial, if the original finial was replaced with this at some point (possibly due to deterioration of the jade celluloid), or if this is a different model and not an Equi-Poised. (If it was replaced, they did an expert job, I'll give them that much.)

 

O experts of Wahl, please help me understand the (probable) truth about this pen.

Edited April 2, 2020 by Paul-in-SF

[crescentfiller]

I'm no expert, but I've had a good many Eversharps. And this looks like a marriage, as the black-ended barrels tend to have black-ended caps, in my experience. But, as a user-grade pen, it's nice "arranged marriage"!

[Paul-in-SF]

I've realized something else about it, the correct finial would be shorter and tapered like the one on the cap, this one is longer and straight up and down, which means the barrel end doesn't fit properly into the cap, and so it doesn't post very well at all; the pen is designed with so little tolerance that it makes a distinct difference. Fortunately, the pen is long enough (barely) that I can write without posting.

 

It's too bad, really. This is otherwise a good example of the model, and the color is pretty good except for that area right around the lever; also it writes very nicely with some flex. Well, these are the risks one takes buying items based only on photos and descriptions -- I simply didn't notice even though it was plainly displayed in the photos. But when I had it in my hand it jumped out at me in about 10 seconds. Too bad the seller didn't have the honesty (or perhaps the knowledge) to point it out in the listing. Too bad I didn't have the experience of yet another potential flaw to look for.