Vintage Conway Stewart Pen Identification

July 8, 2013

I often receive emails from owners of vintage Conway Stewart pens asking for help to identify the model and year of production of their pen. There are a few sources I refer for information and the one that is most easily accessible through the internet is the 'Conway Stewart Book of Numbers' by Jonathan Donahaye.

http://jonathandonahaye.conwaystewart.info/csbook/cslist.htm

Jonathan Donahaye collected Conway Stewart pens for many years and was known to have one of the most comprehensive collections of vintage Conway Stewart pens. Through his energy and passion in collecting Conway Stewart pens, he created an extensive on-line reference for all vintage Conway Stewart enthusiasts.

Please let me know If you would like me to pin this topic so that the link for information on vintage Conway Stewart models stays visible within this forum.

Kind regards,

Mary Burke

July 8, 2013

Pinning the link would be an excellent idea Mary, the Donahaye site is a superb resource and invaluable to the vintage Conway Stewart enthusiast.

July 21, 2013

The "home" page http://jonathandonahaye.conwaystewart.info/ contains a lot of info as well.

August 27, 2013

The Donahaye site was a great help to me, as was the book of numbers. Indeed I sent an email via the contact button and now wonder if the site will be updated as I now don't anticipate a reply. We don't get a lot of Conway Stewarts in Canada Mary and the only two I have are vintage. Both hard rubber. The first is a 606M mottled vulcanite. Sadly missing the irridium from one tine, and sporting a replacement (English) clip. Nice hefty pen that I bought at a flea market because it was engraved 'Bisley 1927'. That is the famous Commonwealth Bisley shoot. My research shows a Canadian team skilled and active, and that Conway Stewart did offer a marksman prize in 1927. I continue to look for the original owner but the vendor knew nothing of its history, it was stuck in a case with odds and ends.and I paid less than the scrap value of the damaged nib. It is sort of my 'Churchill' pen, although I have two (with provenance) Kennedy bill signing pens that are mates to the one that sold for $6,250 used in the bill to make Churchill a citizen of the USA. They were gifts through the history of the senator they were presented too. A lot of research to track them down and verify... which is my main interest. So you can see I am leaning toward restoration...its just I'm a cheapie, the deal is the thing.

The other Conway Stewart is a"Dinkie" 525T. The book showed only the existance of a "dinkie 525M, stated to be a very rare pen for which they had but one record, the picture taken from Ebay was very dark and Jonathon enhanced it to show it to be mottled red hard rubber, vulcanite, if you will. My 525T is of a like size, tiny, would fit in a cheque book. It however is bandless and in Cardinal red hard rubber. An estate sale with no other pen fans. I post this here for whatever interest it is to Conway collectors. One more piece of the puzzle.