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The Jewel pen company is one of Britain's oldest, it was founded in 1884 as agents for American made pens.  By the early 1900s the company was producing its own pens. This Jewel 46 was only made between 1943 and 1945 and, judging from the scarcity of the pen, it did not sell in great numbers. It's s very handsome, well made pen in a blue marbled pattern with Gold filled trim.  In terms of quality it is as good as any pen from the period, and better than most. The nib is Jewel's own brand, they called it a...

'Mabie Todd and Bard' became 'Mabie Todd & Co. Inc.' in 1907, this jewel of a pen has been dated to 1905: The pattern is embossed 'snails and ribbons'. I think it is called 'eye candy', in the vernacular. 

Mabie Todd didn't refer directly to this little Swan as a ladies pen, although the way it was advertised certainly made it clear the this was their intended market.  The most unusual thing about the pen is the clip, a stepped, art deco looking affair similar in shape to that found on some later Waterman's pens.  It never appeared on any other Mabie Todd offerings.  The pen appeared in 1939 and remained in production for only about a year, stopping when the wartime restrictions were imposed and not continued thereafter.  It is quite a rare pen. This particularly fine example is...

The Parker 51 Vacumatic is a great pen, IMHO, as they say.  I like everything about them, including the quirkiness of the filling system.  In the Parker repair manual instructions are given for the filling of a 51 Vacumatic compared with the Parker Vacumatic pen: There is one major difference in the filling methods of the Parker «51» and the Parker Vacumatic. The difference is that after the Parker «51» has been completely filled (usually after ten strokes of the plunger), the excess ink must be withdrawn from the fins of the collector. To accomplish this, the filling instructions of the Parker...

Almost ready to go on the site, a Jewel 46 in Marbled Blue, Parker Victory IV in dark Burgundy, Parker 61 Flighter De Luxe triple set, and a mint Parker 61Custom in Maroon: