MacLean's Magazine, December 1,1930
The Wold's Gift Favorites Sheaffer Balance Lifetime Pens
Cover, Leslie Gordon Barnard - J. Paul Loomis - Arthur Heming - Grattan
The Sheaffer Balance, launched in 1929, revolutionized fountain pen design with its sleek, torpedo-shaped body, breaking from the chunky, blunt-ended pens of the era, and became incredibly popular for its modern Art Deco style and reliable lever-filling system, influencing pen design for decades before being succeeded by models like the Triumph in the 1940s.