Anyone who ever listens to me will know that I like things to be functional (unlike my wife ... probably why she married me!
) .. I also have terrible handwriting which even I sometimes can't read! So writing with a fountain pen slows me down and gives the reader a slim chance of interpreting my scrawl .. and so I have a small collection of them, although none of them are anything to write home about. Then I saw this Mabie Todd, decided the maximum that I'd be prepared to pay for it, waited till the last second and won it, for my exact max bid!
Now I'm eager for it to arrive, only to see what exactly I have bought. I've paid a reasonable price for what is a classic pen by a classic maker, but some of these Swan pens fetch £££. I recall seeing a very similar, plain one , on either Bargain Hunt or Flog it sell for c £180 at Auction. I think it all depends upon whether it is 'gold plate' as the seller was thinking, or gold-filled as I think it may be. I haven't researched yet, but I can't recall seeing any M&T gold plated pens ... We'll see
I'm not too concerned about the actual price tag, as I intend to keep it, but it will be nice if I did pick up a bargain!
As we say, it warms the cockles!
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