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SWAN SAFETY SCREW CAP FOUNTAIN PEN c1920s, RARE SHORT #4 SIZE, FLEX NIB
SWAN SAFETY SCREW CAP FOUNTAIN PEN c1920s, RARE SHORT #4 SIZE, FLEX NIB
SWAN SAFETY SCREW CAP FOUNTAIN PEN c1920s, RARE SHORT #4 SIZE, FLEX NIB
SWAN SAFETY SCREW CAP FOUNTAIN PEN c1920s, RARE SHORT #4 SIZE, FLEX NIB
SWAN SAFETY SCREW CAP FOUNTAIN PEN c1920s, RARE SHORT #4 SIZE, FLEX NIB
SWAN SAFETY SCREW CAP FOUNTAIN PEN c1920s, RARE SHORT #4 SIZE, FLEX NIB
SWAN SAFETY SCREW CAP FOUNTAIN PEN c1920s, RARE SHORT #4 SIZE, FLEX NIB
SWAN SAFETY SCREW CAP FOUNTAIN PEN c1920s, RARE SHORT #4 SIZE, FLEX NIB
SWAN SAFETY SCREW CAP FOUNTAIN PEN c1920s, RARE SHORT #4 SIZE, FLEX NIB
SWAN SAFETY SCREW CAP FOUNTAIN PEN c1920s, RARE SHORT #4 SIZE, FLEX NIB
SWAN SAFETY SCREW CAP FOUNTAIN PEN c1920s, RARE SHORT #4 SIZE, FLEX NIB

SWAN SAFETY SCREW CAP FOUNTAIN PEN c1920s, RARE SHORT #4 SIZE, FLEX NIB

$ 5.27

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Ink Color: add your own from a bottle
  • Nib Material: Gold, 14K
  • Nib Size: Fine (F)
  • Featured Refinements: Flex Nib Fountain Pen
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Modified Item: No
  • Features: Flexible nib
  • Material: Ebonite
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Vintage: Yes
  • Brand: Mabie Todd
  • Condition: Nicks and scratches including deep vertical scratches from inserting and removing from metal pocket, scratches on nib, wear and fading to hard rubber, box shows wear, metal pocket has wear and surface rust. Name in barrel.

    Description

    Swan Safety Screw Cap eyedrop-filling pen circa 1910s-'20s in black chased hard rubber (faded to brown).  This is an unusual short fat model with a #4 nib. It comes with its original box, as well as its 'Swan Metal Pocket', a sheath with a clip attached allowing these clipless pens to be carried easily. The pen is well worn, with lots of fading and scratches, but with its imprints and chasing still quite visible. Charming block-letter name 'Jean Finley' in barrel.
    The big #4 nib is fine to medium (the barrel says 'Med.', but the line it makes is more on the fine side). It's not all that soft but when you apply lots of pressure it can get quite wide, well over 2mm. It can easily be used with no shading at all, so I'd say it's a good general use nib. See the writing samples.
    It's an eyedrop filler -- you unscrew the section and deposit the ink directly into the barrel. The section unscrews as it should. Length about 4  9/16 inches.
    The writing samples were made with the pen itself, dipped in Waterman Intense Black ink, on a Rhodia pad with a 5mm grid pattern.
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