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I need the cap repaired. If someone can hook me up with an artist who could make a little gold ring to cover the hole at the cap's base, please PM :)

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I need to get much better at finding pens like this... You mind my asking where you picked it up from?

 

:) Swavey

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I've gotta learn where to find these things... that don't cost a fortune, or give me an ulcer trying to win on the 'Bay.

"Be who you are and say what you feel; because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss

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I got it from ebay this summer, for an amazing 12.7€, s&h included.

That is astounding!

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I got it from ebay this summer, for an amazing 12.7€, s&h included.

That is astounding!

 

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HOW MUCH???????????????????????

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Hmmm, I wonder if Eckiethump could do something for you? He's very very good at what he does!

 

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pretty nice pen :thumbup: thanks for the review

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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I picked up 3 of these pens with two with caps in varying states of repair ranging in price from £7.50 - £27 over the past couple of months. The cheap one without the cap had the best nib :-)

 

Of these I have two with nibs like the one shown above, up to 3mm of broadness starting from very fine. One of the nibs however is a little bent up and will need to be straightened to flow properly, the third nib is firm and fine. The original Swan nibs are New York nibs, the pen bodies were made over here in the UK and it wasn't until a bit later Swan started making their own nibs but I won't go into all this history which is quite fascinating.

 

It's worth noting that the pens are about 100 years old and the feeds often break where they divide like two out of my three pens! I just finished repairing one this morning with epoxy resin which you can just about make out in this very bad photo. You can't simply fix the break you need to make a splint and add a blob between the top and bottom parts of the feed which there is plenty of room to do and leave it to set for 24 hours. You can then file, smooth and polish the excess and reform the groove that goes down one side of the feed.

 

Hopefully I'll end up with two nice but by no means 'museum' quality calligraphy pens.

 

If you are looking out for user grade Swan 1500s you need to be prepared to put some work into these and look for parts like missing or damaged caps etc. The broken feeds can be a pain unless you are lucky enough to have a complete or a repairable one.

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