Bayard | Standard Safety | Black Chased Ebonite | #2 Milk Glass Nib

A full-size Bayard safety in chased black ebonite, unused, with a white milk glass nib and a large ink capacity.

The #2 milk glass writes a steady 0.50mm line, smooth with a tactile feel you can sense through the barrel. Pressure doesn't change it; you get the same line on the last page as the first. You fill the barrel directly with an eyedropper, the nib retracts down into the ink behind a sealed cap, and with no sac taking up space the ink capacity is fantastic.

The chasing is the same style you see across Bayard's famous models, still crisp and bright on this one. Bayard's first pens were chased and mottled hard rubber like this, safeties and eyedroppers, before lever-fillers took over the line in the late 1920s.

A2, new old stock, minty. Imprints sharp, chasing unworn. Stripped and rebuilt anyway, new cork and o-rings, fresh silicone grease, mechanism tested, and the glass nib checked at every angle.

Tested on Tomoe River 68gsm A5 white with Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black.