Swan Eternal 1 Nib

[Greenie]

current ebay auction

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nice-Mabie-Todd-Swan-SM-100-60-fountain-pen-14ct-F-nib-Freshly-serviced/163172085196?hash=item25fdd06dcc%3Ag%3Arg8AAOSwl39bXGAw&_sop=10&_sacat=0&_nkw=swan+pen&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_TitleDesc=0

 

The nib caught my eye. Has anyone else seen this?

 

[Cob]

Hullo.

 

No: I've never seen a No 1 Eternal. I have here a No 2, a 3 and two 4s though! They'll stay in the spares box for a long time - at least until I find an eccentric who would like to buy them!

 

Rgds

 

Cob

[eachan]

Yes, I've had the occasional No 1. Beautifully smooth writers, like all Eternals.

[PaulS]

sorry, can't get my head round these very firm tips - they're so hard that smoothness is not one of the words that comes to mind:-) Only guessing, but assume they were made for manifolding - i.e. when multiple copies of notes/letters were required …………. pre Xerox days.

I hadn't seen a No. 1 either - would imagine uncommon, and not entirely sure I see the logic of that degree of firmness in such a small nib - as someone else said recently, you could almost dig the garden with the larger Eternals. Assume there is a 5, but not seen one yet.