VINTAGE " SWAN " SF130, BHR, LEVER - FILL, 14CT FLEXY NIB, MABIE TODD, 1930 ENGLAND
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:14840609 | Sub-Type: Fountain Pens |
| Type: Pens | Vintage: Collectable/ Vintage |
| Features: Gold Trim | Nib Size: Fine (F) |
| Nib Material: Gold, 14K | Brand: Mabie Todd |
BEAUTIFUL Vintage
"SWAN" SF130
SELF-FILLER
Lever-Filler Fountain PenMade in England around 1930
Black Hard Rubber
...with Gold Plated trim.
Here for your consideration, a lovelyVintage "Swan" SF130 Lever-Filling Fountain Pen......in Black Hard Rubber.....with Two Gold plated Barrel Band trim.
Manufactured by MABIE TODD & Co. England......in the late 1920's and early 1930's.
It is......overall, in very good o...rder throughout and made to very high standards of quality....the Black Hard Rubber is still a nice shiny Black colour.__________
The flat topped Cap is now in lovely condition......I have made a repair to a previous crack at the lip...this is now strong and stable....of course care should still be taken not to post on to the Barrel very heavily.
The Gold Plated Cap Band is in very good condition...this surrounds a "Red Ripple" cap top insert which has the "swan" logo imprint......only a little wear showing ...it shines up beautifully......there is an imprint on the Cap which reads...
"SWAN" S.F. 130
.......The Cap tightens up and posts securely on to the barrel.
________________ The beautiful, 14CT Gold, "Swan" No1 Semi-Flexible Nib is "Fine" tipped......it writes Fine to Broad+, I would say...
..It is marked ...
SWAN1
14CTMABIE.TODD& Co LTDMADE INENGLAND
...... It has an excellent iridium tip and it writes smoothly and well...very responsive, with very good ink flow.
... the Feed has the "SWAN" SF1 imprint and is in excellent condition......the early "long curved" Section also has the "SWAN" imprint ...and is also in excellent condition.
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The Barrel is in very good condition... ....no bad marks, breaks or cracks.... it has a clear "slightly worn" Barrel imprint ......It reads....
SWAN "SWAN" SELF-FILLERTRADE MARK (Logo) MABIE, TODD & CO. LTD. MADE IN ENGLAND
...there is the imprint ...
S - F 130...around the base...
The elegant, long straight Gold plated Lever is in very nice condition...a little bit of wear showing.The Lever-Filling system is in great working condition...
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The pen has been fully- serviced, re-sac'd and is in excellent working condition._____________
Overall, a very beautiful, "SWAN" SF 130Lever-Filler
....manufactured by the great Mabie Todd Company, in very nice condition....
..a very collectable and usable pen... Showing only wear commensurate with careful usage and age.__________
The pen has been test filled and then flushed clean....and finally, given a light polish._______
Pen size is 12.8 cm capped and 16.1 cm posted....___________
Please look closely at my photos to see the quality of this pen, they do form an important part of my description....__________
...I am very happy to combine postage on multiple purchases...please just wait to be invoiced in these circumstances.
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