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I've done a hand written review for this pen, as I feel the flex justifies it! Sorry about the bad handwriting :blush:

 

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~Joe~

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:drool: :drool: :drool:

 

Thanks for showing us your gorgeous pen and giving us the opportunity to see how it writes. The Caran d'Ache Amazon is a very pretty color also.

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Oh, I am very jealous! What a lovely pen! Thanks for the review, that is just too nifty.

Isn't sanity really a one-trick pony, anyway? I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy . . . ooh hoo hoo hoo! . . . the sky's the limit!

--The Tick

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Nice to see someone else appreciates these pens! Mine is very similar, but has the more common no. 2 Fine nib, which is also nice and flexy. I'd love to find a Swan with a broader flexible nib like yours.

 

I think the pen is later than the 1920s as celluloid only became common in the 1930s. I believe mine is just postwar, late '40s.

 

Enjoy your pen ... Swans are very addictive!

 

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Now, now, folks do not be telling everyone about these delightful pens. I've been trying to keep them a secret for years!!!

Swan pens are greatly underated and as you can see from the review by Glaedr they do have fabulous nibs; and that's not all ..............

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It's a stunning pen, and I appreciate your handwritten assessment--it gives impact and veracity to what you say. That must be some nib and I'm green as your pen with jealousy!

 

Thanks for sharing it with us--

 

PS--my handwriting should always look as good!

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