Product Description
Type lever filler fountain pen
Product Name "Blackbird" (written on the barrel, feed, and section).
Manufacturer and Year Mabie Todd Blackbird, England -- 1930s, Blackbird refers to the middle quality line of pens produced by Mabie Todd.
Length 5-3/8" and slender like the Waterman 52 1/2 pens.
Filling System Lever filler, restored with a new sac
Color Black hard rubber. The hard rubber has a ringed or band pattern made by little hatch marks. The barrel has medium width gold filled cap bands and the cap has a nickel plated accommodation clip. The cap does not appear to have had a clip originally.
Nib 14k medium flexible "L" nib. The L means it should write as a broad unflexed and it does write like a medium-broad flexible nib. The feeds says, "Blackbird." See the writing sample below. The nib has a bend to it that doesn't affect writing, as we have straightened and adjusted the nib for smoothness and alignment.
Condition Excellent + Condition. The coloring is great and the ringed pattern is perceptible on the barrel and better on the cap. The imprint is crisp and the plating is in great condition. The accommodation clip has plating wear and the cap is freckled with shallow bite marks. No cracks or chips.
