SWAN BLACKBIRD HUGE #6 FOUNTAIN PEN NEAR MINT WITH RARE BOX For Sale

WHAT A FIND THIS IS! A VERY LARGE #6 OR LARGER (NIB NOT MARKED FOR SIZE THAT I CAN SEE - IT IS VERY LARGE ESPECIALLY FOR A BLACKBIRD, AT THE VERY LEAST A #6) SWAN LEVER FILL FOUNTAIN PEN IN EBONITE/HARD RUBBER WITH ORIGINAL RARE EARLY SWAN REPAIR BOX. THIS PEN EVIDENTLY SENT TO SWAN YEARS AGO FOR A REPAIR, PROBABLY A FEED AS THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX HAS SWAN FEED WRITTEN ON IT. PEN APPEARS AS NEAR MINT TO MINT IN YOUR HAND. PERFECT COLOR, ORIGINAL SHINY SURFACES AND BOLD FULL IMPRINTS. NICKEL CLIP IS CLEAN AND BRIGHT. NIB HAS SOME FLEX UNDER PRESSURE. IT DOES NOT COME ANY BETTER THAN THIS IF YOU ARE A SWAN COLLECTOR OR A PEN LOVER.
**A NOTE ABOUT WRITING SAMPLES: WRITING SAMPLES ARE PURELY SUBJECTIVE. THEY ONLY SHOW THE\"ABILITY\"OF A NIB.HOW A NIB \"FEELS\" OR \"WRITES\" IN MY HAND HAS NO BEARING ON HOW IT MAY PERFORM IN YOURS. IT ALSO WILL NOT TELL YOU THE\"FEED CAPACITY\"OF A PEN -TO WHAT EXTENT THE FEED MAY BE ABLE TO SUPPLY ENOUGH INK TO THE NIB FOR CALLIGRAPHY STYLE WRITING. NIBS IN VINTAGE PENS HAVE BEEN WORN TO YEARS OF WRITING FROM POSSIBLY MANY DIFFERENT OWNERS. WE STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT ALL NIBS BE\"SET\"TO YOUR HAND FOR WRITING. THE USE OF 1500 FINISHING PAPER AND THEN PROGRESSIVE 3K TO 8K BLOCKS WILL SET THE NIBS SMOOTHLY TO YOUR HAND.
*PLEASE NOTE: WE HAVE DESCRIBED THIS VINTAGE PENS CONDITION BASED ON OUR 45 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A FULL TIME VINTAGE PEN RETAILER. IF DESCRIBED AS \"NEW\" OR \"LIKE NEW\" IT WAS FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: PEN APPEARS AS NEW WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF INK IN NIB OR FEED AND NO SIGNIFICANT WEAR OUTSIDE OF NORMAL BOX FRICTION FROM BEING IN A BOX FOR OVER 60+ YEARS. PEN MAY HAVE ORIGINAL TAGS OR IMPRINTS. WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE PEN HAS NEVER BEEN INKED AS WE ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNERS. PLEASE OBSERVE ALL PHOTOS AS THEY ARE PART OF THE DESCRIPTION AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
We are theFOUNTAIN PEN RECYCLER,fountainpenrecyclera full time walk-in vintage and new pen store in Minneapolis, MN where we have been in business for the past 38 years. We offer vintage as well as new pens, pencils and ballpoints and normally stock in excess of over 1500 pens. We sell ink, pen cases and all sorts of ephemera for the pen collector and the pen user.We have been an seller for over 26 years now and also sell under the seller id \"MNGATOR\"

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