1920s Mabie Todd Swan Gold-Filled Overlay Fountain Pen - SUPERFLEX

Vintage: 1920s

Make: Mabie Todd (NY)

Model: Gold-filled overlay

Color: Line and checker pattern

Materials: Gold-filled over black hard rubber

Filling System: Lever filler (resacced and guaranteed to fill and write as designed)Length:

Nib: Super-Flexible 14k Mabie Todd #2 nib lays down a smooth and consistent XXF/XF line that widens to a 4B+ (approx 2.3mm) under light pressure. Thin hairlines, strong snap-back, and reliable flow over its full range of flex make it another extraordinary choice for calligraphic writing styles.

Condition: Near-mint. This pen resembles a time capsule relic, showing no notable signs of wear whatsoever. No dents, dings, or brassing. Even the edge of the section overlay has hardly any wear (just a touch on the underside). Indicia on barrel has been left blank. Manufacturer imprint on the barrel is deep and fully legible. You’d be hard pressed to find a nicer example. Note: tines of the nib have a factory "scoop" behind the iridium similar to some Parkers and Wahls. This is how the nib is designed - tines are not bent or damaged in any way.

Details: Originally based in New York City, Mabie Todd was founded in 1859 by John Mabie, Edward Todd, and J. Sprague Bar. Their first fountain pen was made c.1878 and their Swan pens date back to c.1890. By the 1920s their production was divided between New York and England, their English pens vying with Conway Stewart for supremacy among British pens. This pen was made in Mabie Todd’s New York factory. It’s made of hard rubber with a gold-filled overlay that’s engraved in a checker pattern composed of vertical lines with double sets of horizontal rings to accent the plain ends of the barrel and cap. 1915 patent date stamped on the clip and “Swan Pen / Mabie Todd & Co. New York / Made in USA” stamped near the barrel-end.