Golden Brown Sheaffer Balance Statesman - Extra-Fine point

This pen is in such nice condition. Not perfect, but ever so nice. The celluloid has no flaws apart a bit of darkening to the barrel transparency. Not at all opaque, but not the light green it was when new. See the photo to details. The only other flaw is some lost plating on the end of the clip revealing silver base metal. Not unexpected for a pen of this vintage. The nib is wet and smooth despite it's diminutive point size. It makes me rethink my preference for larger points. Since Sheaffer did not use date codes on their pens, like Parker, I find it interesting and fun to do my best to narrow down the range of manufacture dates. This pen has a price code of 1000 ($10) stamped on the barrel beneath the manufacturer's imprint. Sheaffer started that with the 1938 catalog when they also gave each model a name (Statesman) rather than just a # (C74 KABRI). But, pens from that era have a "new style" plunger knob that is tapered rather than mushroom shaped. And a stainless steel plunger rod