SW844 Swan Self-Filler No. 3161 (Flexible Broad Stub)

SW844 Swan Self-Filler No. 3161 (Flexible Broad Stub)

Date: c1940s

Size: Capped - 131mm; posted - 156mm.

A lovely glossy black hard rubber Swan Self-Filler pen.  This pen is in very good condition with no noticeable surface scratches, chips or cracks. There is a little bit of wear on the barrel caused by the cap being posted and screwed on.  The hard rubber of cap and barrel is still beautifully dark with no apparent colour fading at all.  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 has faded a little, but it is still easily readable.  The filling lever is also gold filled and is rather thin and long.  The nib is the original Swan No. 1 nib made from 14 carat gold.  It has a broad stub width point.

I have fully serviced this pen.  The nib writes very nicely with a wet and consistent broad width line.  This is a soft, and I would say just about fully flexible nib and it will give you some lovely and almost effortless line width variation from a fine to a good, generous extra-broad.