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This was an Ebay "I think this looks good" pen that I picked up last week and arrived today. I paid close to the top I was willing to pay.

 

I'm pretty sure this is an Equpoise, although it lacks the top and bottom rings of the other examples of the model I've seen. Of course the color is not great and I'm sure that held the price down on it, although it does have a gold seal Manifold nib(something else that I'm sure kept the bidding down, although manifold nibs have their place for me and Eversharp made some darn good ones). 

 

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What really caught me off-guard when I first unwrapped it, though, was the size. It's HUGE-in fact of several pens I gathered up it's the longest. L-R in this photo is a celluloid 149, a Sheaffer OS Balance, the subject pen of this post, an OS Decoband, a Sheaffer Flat Top, a Duofod Senior, an OS Vacumatic, and a Vacumatic Senior Maxima. Of course it's not as fat as the 149, but it's also a shade longer than a modern 149, much less the slightly shorter celluloid version.

 

Overall I'm happy with this one. It has a fresh sac in it now and is waiting for me to ink it up and try it out(once I let the shellac cure).

 

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