Nib/feed Compatibility

[Vlad Soare]

Are nibs and feeds compatible across the Conway Stewart range? Or are they dedicated to a specific model?

Thank you.

 

[twdpens]

All Churchill, Wellington, Belliver, 100 and other larger Conway Stewart pens have all used the same #6 nib. There are, however, 2 different feed systems and these are not interchangeable. Pens made after around 2007 have a different feed to those made before. Therefore, pens in continuous production like the Churchill, some 100s and possibly the Duro may have the older feed. You can identify the older feed as it has thin collector fins and a bullet shape recess near the front.

 

Earlier 58 and Dandy fountain pens used a smaller nib. Model 58s from 2013 and 2014 have the same #6 nib and feed as the larger pens.

 

HTH,

 

Martin

[Vlad Soare]

I see. So a nib/feed from a Churchill or Belliver may fit a Wellington, and the other way around, if they are the same generation.

Are the nibs compatible with both types of feeds? If an old generation Churchill feed does not fit a new Wellington, can at least its nib be mounted on a Wellington without replacing the feed (and the other way around)?

[twdpens]

Yes, all nibs are the same size and shape and so are compatible with all modern Conway Stewart pens. It's only the feeds that have changed but all nibs will fit both feed systems.

 

HTH,

 

Martin

[Vlad Soare]

That's great. Thank you.

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All Bock.

[Matlock]

All Bock.

 

That was never in dispute.

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That was never in dispute.

And I didn't say it was.

[Matlock]

And I didn't say it was.

 

I know you didn't but there are some who think that CS made their own nibs. In fact CS made only the bodies, but that is true of a number of pen manufactures.

[Vlad Soare]

I didn't know that. I thought they made everything but the converters. You learn something new every day.

[Matlock]

I didn't know that. I thought they made everything but the converters. You learn something new every day.

 

Converters and ballpoint mechs. by Schmidt, nibs and feeds by Bock, clips and bands etc. by a specialist firm in Birmingham. Body and caps in house. Final assembly etc. in house.