Swan Sf130

[JohnMcCl]

Hi

 

I am a complete novice when it comes to fountain pens.

I have recently acquired a Mabie Todd Swan SF130 fountain pen.

It has nothing inside the barrel (except for the lever mechanism). See attched photo.

When I pull the section from the barrel I can see a thread on the Section end but have no idea what goes here.

 

I do not plan to keep the pen as I do not collect them. So I will be selling.

But the question is do I sell it As Is or is it worth sending away to repair.

[vans4444]

Hi

 

I am a complete novice when it comes to fountain pens.

I have recently acquired a Mabie Todd Swan SF130 fountain pen.

It has nothing inside the barrel (except for the lever mechanism). See attched photo.

When I pull the section from the barrel I can see a thread on the Section end but have no idea what goes here.

 

I do not plan to keep the pen as I do not collect them. So I will be selling.

But the question is do I sell it As Is or is it worth sending away to repair.

 

 

It needs a new ink sac. It is an easy repair but you would need to buy a sac of the correct size and some shellac. You could send it away to be repaired, but that might not be cost effective.

 

I am not an expert on Swan pens but the top of the cap does not seem to match the rest of the pen? If I am correct,

this would detract from its value.

 

Therefore I would hesitantly recommend that you sell it as is.

[Malcy]

I would say that if you plan to sell the pen and can restore the sac/service the pen and advertise it as serviced then you may add value to the sale at little extra cost.

 

However if you need an expert to service the pen then the extra cost makes it a less likely that you will make anything selling the pen on, so it would probably be better to sell the pen on unserviced.