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I've got a pretty good collection of Conway Stewart fountain pens. One of the changes I've seen is Conway Stewart's willingness to respond to fountain pen enthusiast nib preferences.

When I purchased my first Conway Stewart, as I recall, my choices were Broad, Medium, or Fine.

One of Conway Stewart's current ads for their Churchill model states: "The fountain pen is made with the traditional lever fill and modern screw-in converter cartridge filling mechanisms with a choice of eight 18 carat solid gold nib grades: Extra Fine, Fine, Medium, Broad, Extra Broad, Italic Fine, Italic Medium and Italic Broad."

 

Some of the other premium pen manufacturers have also broadened their nib selections in recent years to include extra fine, stub, or cursive italic nibs. I applaud those that have. They're contributing to the writing pleasure of their customers and taking the kind of steps that will evolve their product lines and keep new generations of customers interested and engaged.

You will also see in the statement that Conway Stewart's Churchill customers can choose lever-fill or screw-in converter filling systems. Other Conway Stewart pens offer button-fill and piston-fill choices (actually captive converter models). Vive la différence! Other pen manufacturers would do well to emulate Conway Stewart's willingness to enrich their fountain pen offerings with this kind of variety.

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CS nibchoice is the best out there, without hassle or extra cost. Most other brands that do offer speciality nibs do so only on specific ranges, or have only one size italic. Stipula had a great choice but actually limited that choice lately.

 

The choice of filling systems for CS is more limited. A leverfiller on 2 types, and you can have a pistonfiller on some types which is just a captive converter.

 

CS do offer some other fillingsystems as bespoke pens, but the information about these is almost nonexistent.

 

 

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At the same time Pelikan is reducing the number of nib choices in future. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. My vote, always, is for more choice.

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While I generally agree with these sentiments, I have always wondered why there is no stub nib offered? Does anyone have any insight into this question?

 

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That would probably urge me to get another CS....

 

I have all the nibs form CS I want, now (M, IF, IM, IB) and as their nibs are the same on all pens, it is really no use buying another pen. I do not buy pens just for the pretty colours any more.....

 

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My impression is that the Conway Stewart italic nibs are more stubs than italics. I have two of them, one medium and one broad, and while I like them they're much more subtle in their line variation than some hand ground cursive italics that I had done by a nibmeister. For those that want a real cursive italic or a true italic the CS nibs may not offer the writing experience they seek. The solution I'd suggest would be to get a Conway Stewart Italic in the nib width you prefer. Try it and if you want a little more "zip" to your writing, have the grind "touched up" by a reliable nib person.

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That would probably urge me to get another CS....

 

I have all the nibs form CS I want, now (M, IF, IM, IB) and as their nibs are the same on all pens, it is really no use buying another pen. I do not buy pens just for the pretty colours any more.....

 

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Fully agree

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I'll go a step further, MontBlanc has OB nibs I myself like Left Hand Oblique nibs, but of course these are custom nibs......

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All those nibs are fun to play with, but I find I now get the most pleasure from extra fine nibs. I recently bought a CS pen with a flexy nib. It looks a bit strange when written with by someone left handed. Like all the flexing is where it is not expected. This nib when written with lightly has the finest line I have ever seen, barely visible. It is quite amusing.

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