Conway Stewart - Tribute To A Great Pen.

[______Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

Conway Stewart makes, or should I say did make, one of the best pens in the world.

 

I unfortunately was only able to purchase two Conway Stewart pens. I own a Churchill Excalibur LE Fountain pen, and a Belliver Bracket Brown LE Fountain Pen.

 

Both of these pens are at the top of my list of favorite fountain pens. I prefer them over my Montblanc fountain pens. They both write so smooth with no issues with ink flow. The Churchill is a little on the lite side when it comes to heft (I prefer pen with some weight) but even with the Belliver being a smaller pen it has more mass to it and feels great in my hand (I think they add a brass sleeve in it for the heft). Like a lot of pens, both of these pens look way more beautiful in person than on the web or in the color supplements.

 

I was saving up to purchase the A Sterling Silver Conway Stewart FP but they sold out of the ones I liked. I guess there will never be another one. I hope someone will carry on the tradition of making Sterling Silver pens the way CS did because I would hate to see them die out.

 

This forced me to do a little hunting for a Solid Sterling Silver pen and that hunt led me to THE best fountain pen company in the world.....Onoto.

Edited November 27, 2014 by Zaphod_Beeblebrox

[Ghost Plane]

Bryant gets his hands on sterling CS on consignment & NOS periodically. RikWill has some as well

[______Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

Yes, I have talked with both Bryant and RikWill.

But thanks for the info regardless.

[Ghost Plane]

Good. I didn't want you to miss out.

[Postscript]

Conway Stewart makes, or should I say did make, one of the best pens in the world.

 

I unfortunately was only able to purchase two Conway Stewart pens. I own a Churchill Excalibur LE Fountain pen, and a Belliver Bracket Brown LE Fountain Pen.

 

Both of these pens are at the top of my list of favorite fountain pens. I prefer them over my Montblanc fountain pens. They both write so smooth with no issues with ink flow. The Churchill is a little on the lite side when it comes to heft (I prefer pen with some weight) but even with the Belliver being a smaller pen it has more mass to it and feels great in my hand (I think they add a brass sleeve in it for the heft). Like a lot of pens, both of these pens look way more beautiful in person than on the web or in the color supplements.

 

I was saving up to purchase the A Sterling Silver Conway Stewart FP but they sold out of the ones I liked. I guess there will never be another one. I hope someone will carry on the tradition of making Sterling Silver pens the way CS did because I would hate to see them die out.

 

This forced me to do a little hunting for a Solid Sterling Silver pen and that hunt led me to THE best fountain pen company in the world.....Onoto.

You're missing out on Yard O Led, from another Onoto lover,

 

Post Script

[______Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

Yes!

 

Yard-o-led is on my list of wants. I saw on another thread a nice Yard-O-Led Vicroy Grand Victoria that I would love to have.

 

Cramer

[Postscript]

Yes!

 

Yard-o-led is on my list of wants. I saw on another thread a nice Yard-O-Led Vicroy Grand Victoria that I would love to have.

 

Cramer

The very model I own. It is my daily pen; great choice!

 

Post Script

[Ghost Plane]

+1 for YOL Grands. They simply work, year in & year out, while looking awesome. Swipe with a Sunshine cloth when they turn black & you're done.

[Calabria]

How do YOLs travel on planes?

[Ghost Plane]

I'm hesitant to pack sterling silver pens in these days of TSA incidents, so I haven't tested them on commercial airliners. Never had a burp back when I did the general aviation thing.