Video Review: "mabie Todd" Branded Pens From Fountain Pen Hospital

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[Cob]

Mabie Todd?

 

Dear me...

Cob

[eachan]

Dear me indeed! Somebody else cashing in on the reputation of a historic brand.

[Greenie]

I would prefer to see branded pens that somehow seem related to the historical brand.

[SchaumburgSwan]

Dear me indeed! Somebody else cashing in on the reputation of a historic brand.

+1

 

Just embarrassing. :-(

 

Fine that at least the "Swan" brand is save from being abused, I guess.

 

Best

Jens

[Goudy]

These are Taiwanese pens, according to someone in a previous thread who asked the Fountain Pen Hospital about them.

 

The Mabie Todd branding is being used solely to inflate the price.

[Ray-Vigo]

It looks like generic "IPG" points - the heart of the old Mabie Todd fountain and dip pens was the nib. I have one of my ancestor's Mabie Todd New York dip pens from the late 1800s. It's the most flexible nib I've ever used, and gives excellent line variations with virtually no pressure. I've owned some of the vintage New York production fountain pens too. They're not as flexible, but they're still very flexible compared to a modern pen. So the new production pens seem to totally miss the boat, for me at least.