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A time ago , I was astonished about the fresh and contrasty appearance of the honey noire mosaic Conway Stewart pen.

The pen is not as heavy as the WInston , but I am more prone to lighter pens.

The dimension is just perfect and I like the classy look of the design of the cap and the clip.

The nib came decentered to the feeder and was quickly set at the retailer (thanks Dennis of La Couronne).

The nib itself is a crispy cursive italic 0.95 mm by John Sorowka who did a great job again!

The thread and screw in of the cap on to the barrel is a bit sturdy and can be smoother.

In the end very satisfied

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What a lovely fountain pen, love the colour.

Rob Maguire (Plse call me "M or Mags" like my friends do...)I use a Tablet, Apple Pencil and a fountain pen. Targas, Sailor, MB, Visconti, Aurora, vintage Parkers, all wonderful.

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First of all, I'd like to compliment you on your very nice penmanship! Really has a nice old-world vibe to it, and reminds me of crackling parchment beneath glass cases :P

And while CS pens aren't really my thing (apart from their lever-filler models, anywho), I have to say that that's quite the nice pen. Excellent write up, too :))


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Nice review arran. Thank you.

 

The Take-sumi ink is very well suited to the Churchill's Honey Noire tones.

 

Lovely pen. :thumbup:

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Very nice pen, but the nib is really exciting! That a nib can produce that degree of thick/thin line variation and still write smoothly enough to use for cursive writing is remarkable. It's a testimony to Mr. Sorowka's skill.

 

The handwriting is attractive, but, IMO, with such a nib, you should be writing a script meant for a chisel-tipped nib like that. Just saying.

 

David

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Great pictures Arran. Pen plus nib plus the result of those tw0.

 

It really worked well.

 

 

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Wow that's awesome...

 

But as soon as I have the money I go for the Winston....

 

Congratulations

 

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they changed the nib??

 

 

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Excellent classic pen and handwriting, arran!

 

They really go well together.....

 

The honey noire is a great fun color....

 

Enjoy!

 

Mark

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RMN Museum Piece

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attachicon.gifCS1.jpgthey changed the nib??

 

 

Yep

 

I understand there are still some old ones, which they are using on the latest Churchill LE, with limited nibchoice....

 

But the new two tones, -1 type fits all pens- is what we have to expect now.

 

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First of all, I'd like to compliment you on your very nice penmanship! Really has a nice old-world vibe to it, and reminds me of crackling parchment beneath glass cases :P

 

And while CS pens aren't really my thing (apart from their lever-filler models, anywho), I have to say that that's quite the nice pen. Excellent write up, too :))

 

 

Kevin

Plus one on penmanship. Wish I could write like that.

 

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