SW824 Swan Self-Filler No. 3160 ( Flexible Medium)

SW824 Swan Self-Filler No. 3160 ( Flexible Medium)

Date: c1940s

Size: Capped - 127mm; posted - 152mm.

A lovely glossy black celluloid Swan Self-Filler pen.  This pen is in excellent condition with no real damage that I could spot.  The cap has a domed top.  The pocket clip is gold filled with a ball at the bottom and the Swan logo imprinted at the shoulder.  The main barrel imprint is in excellent condition - deep and crisp, and still has a little of the original white infill.  The filling lever is also gold filled and has the small circular end tab that is very much a Mabie Todd trademark.  The nib is the original Swan No. 1 nib made from 14 carat gold.  It has a fine width point.  Both barrel and cap are nice and glossy - there is a tiny bit of surface wear but that is only to be expected for a pen of this age. 

I have fully serviced this pen.  The nib writes very nicely with a wet and consistent fine width line.  It is a soft nib - I would say fully flexible.  It will give you some very attractive line width variation as you write from a fine line on the horizontals to a good generous medium on the verticals.