The first binocular I ever bought, back in 1968, when I was a college Biology major, was a Swift Nighthawk 8x40. It has longer objective barrels than the 7x35, so it is bigger. You are right about the view, it is pretty good. I still have it, and make time to use it every so often. It was a good birding binocular then, and I still don't feel particularly handicapped even today if I were to use it as an only binocular. I does have a unique shape, but it also fits my hands quite well. It has a 500' fov, some 2 degrees wider than the 7x35.
Where do you get the Swifts? I'm guessing ebay, but in the limited looking I do there nowadays, I don't see the quality yours seem to show.