Modern Mabie Todd Pens?

[Greenie]

These are sold on ebay by Judd's

Also sold by Fountain Pen Hospital

 

So, who is using the name, or bought the name, etc?

 

Is this US or GB, Ireland forum? I am posting here since my main love is the 1907 - WW2 MT pens made in England.

 

 

http://www.fountainpenhospital.com/Index_Showcase.asp?BOD=/limited_edition/limited_edition.asp%3FMFG%3D134

 

[Cob]

Yes these are the things I referred to earlier.

 

Perhaps someone can answer your question; I am not one for restraint of trade, but to use the Mabie Todd name to produce some over-priced (even when heavily discounted) steel-nibbed cartridge pens strikes me as being profoundly cynical.

 

Yes, had Mabie Todd survived it is more than likely that they would have made cartridge pens, but they would still have been Mabie Todds.

 

As for USA vs GB.The Mabie Todd era really ended in the USA in the early 1930s after which quality went down until the final demise of the company in 1941 after a long and honourable 70+ year innings So on the balance of years Mabie Todd should perhaps be considered American, but the English company founded in 1916 covered the rest of the world and produced pens of the highest quality until practically the end.

 

I write here because like you I love the English pens, but also because examples of the highly desirable pre-1930 American Swans are rare here.

 

Cob

Edited July 5, 2015 by Cob

[johnmc2]

Am I right in thinking that the English Mabie Todd company ended up as part of the Biro empire as "Biro Swan"? I have a surprisingly nice Biro Swan set consisting of a Blackbird leverless fountain pen and a fynepoynt pencil.

 

Edited July 6, 2015 by johnmc2

[Cob]

Am I right in thinking that the English Mabie Todd company ended up as part of the Biro empire as "Biro Swan"? I have a surprisingly nice Biro Swan set consisting of a Blackbird leverless fountain pen and a fynepoynt pencil.

 

That's a very pretty set.

 

Yes that's correct though I cannot give you a date - probably 1956-7 I would guess, perhaps a year or two earlier. I have seen a picture of a box marked Biro Swan; I suppose Mabie Todd disappeared at that time. I believe that Bic bought up the operation later.

 

Sic transit gloria!

 

Cob

Edited July 6, 2015 by Cob