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Hi.

 

Swell was a french fountain pen maker that existed from 1925 to 1930.

I was known to produce very good quality fountain pens.

there is very little information about this manufacturer and their pens are quite rare to find.

 

Here is a safety pen.

 

2 inscriptions on the body:

 

The Swell pen

Modéle Safety

 

Nib - Warranted, 18 CT, IST Quality

 

Length - 12 cm (4.72 inches) when closed / when open with the nib out - 12.5 cm (4.92 inches)

 

Certainly inspired by a Waterman 42.

 

The writing is very smooth and agreable

 

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What a BEAUTIFUL pen! It's just fantastic!. I love the colors and the clip is amazing. And is that a hand-carved pen rest you've made? Lovely! Thanks for sharing.

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Beautiful !

 

Please share with us more, as you learn about this pen.

May we assume that it is an eyedropper filler ?

Is the clip original or aftermarket ?

What about it makes it a "safety" pen ?

 

Congratulations on a wonderful possession.

Auf freiem Grund mit freiem Volke stehn.
Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen:
Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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Great pen! I love the look.

Scribere est agere.

To write is to act.

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Beautiful Pen! Thanks for sharing photos with us!

PAKMAN

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Beautiful !

 

Please share with us more, as you learn about this pen.

May we assume that it is an eyedropper filler ?

 

Yes, you may

 

Is the clip original or aftermarket ?

 

It is the original clip

 

What about it makes it a "safety" pen ?

 

The fact that you have to turn the bottom of the body for the nib to get out

and also

 

2 inscriptions on the body:

The Swell pen

Modéle Safety

 

Congratulations on a wonderful possession.

 

Thank you all for the comments.

 

@ Betweenthelens - no, I didn't carve that. It is just a decorative africain artefact.

 

 

 

 

 

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Thank you for appreciating it.

 

The problem with some french brands, such as Swell, Bayard, and others, is that there is not much information. :mellow:

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I've been lucky enough to acquire one of these beautiful safety pens from a local antiquefair.

 

Unfortunately mine doesn't have the lovely ornate pocket clip so if anyone has one languishing in a spares box somewhere - please get in touch!

 

Regards to all

 

Paul.

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Hi,

 

Did you ever find more info on Swell?

 

I've just finished restoring this Swell deLuxe botton filler, with 18ct warranted nib. It writes beautifully

Attached some photos for anybody's interest..

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Regards

 

Kevin

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Wow. That blue is just jaw-droopingly gorgeous. :wub:

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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I also have one of the Swell pens from top series DeLuxe but later period: Swell DeLuxe 620 (1935-1955)

 

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Detailed: https://lenskiy.org/2020/08/swell-deluxe-620/

About fountain pens, inks and arts: http://lenskiy.org

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