CS Doctors Pen

[Defacto]

Just this week I received my Conway Stewart Doctors Pen.

What a beauty it is!

Being in the medical field makes it even more special to me.

I just love the engraving!

 

Ofcourse I'm already keeping my eye on the new doctors and lawyers pens....

 

Below are a few snapshots I made of this little beauty.

Sorry for the poor quality, I'm not that good at taking pictures of my pens.

 

Nicolet

 

 

[Rena]

That certainly is a beauty. Congratulations, Nicolet!

 

 

 

[xmattxyzx]

Very cool pen. Did I read somewhere that there are only 100 of those in existence?

 

Also, isn't that the caduceus?

[Frits B]

Very cool pen. Did I read somewhere that there are only 100 of those in existence?

 

Also, isn't that the caduceus?

50 lever fillers, 50 c/c. And no, strictly speaking that is not the caduceus but the staff Hermes carried as messenger to the gods. But as Kevin C has explained in another thread, he thought the single-snake-no wings caduceus a bit meagre on this wide cap band so he went for the double-snake-with wings version. Most people will recognize the staff as a doctors' emblem anyway, as Hermes is out and doctors are, well, in. Besides, Hermes used to have his wings on his shoes.

[Defacto]

Very cool pen. Did I read somewhere that there are only 100 of those in existence?

 

Also, isn't that the caduceus?

 

 

Thanks guys.

It is marked as 200 made of them on the cap of mine...

I really love the engraving and I think it suits the pen very well.

 

Nicolet

[Frits B]

QUOTE (Frits B @ Apr 3 2009, 01:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Very cool pen. Did I read somewhere that there are only 100 of those in existence?

 

Also, isn't that the caduceus?

50 lever fillers, 50 c/c. And no, strictly speaking that is not the caduceus but the staff Hermes carried as messenger to the gods. But as Kevin C has explained in another thread, he thought the single-snake-no wings caduceus a bit meagre on this wide cap band so he went for the double-snake-with wings version. Most people will recognize the staff as a doctors' emblem anyway, as Hermes is out and doctors are, well, in. Besides, Hermes used to have his wings on his shoes.

I see have to correct myself. The original design, that by Kevin Cheng, came in 25 lever fillers and 25 c/c. A description is given in Stylophiles (www.stylophilesonline.com, September/October 2005). The "repeat" issue by CS is obviously larger. Sorry for my misleading first post.

[Barci]

Superb!

[mreich1964]

Gorgeous!

[twdpens]

It is marked as 200 made of them on the cap of mine...

I really love the engraving and I think it suits the pen very well.

 

Nicolet

This is the UK edition (the US one had silver trim IIRC) and was only produced in c/c. Originally 200 pens were planned (hence the serial number being of the form xx/200), but only 100 were produced.

 

HTH,

 

Martin

[PeterBeoworld]

I have one of these and an Onoto Doctor's Pen. However I prefer the mainly white metal nibs that CS did so have swapped the nib on mine!

[fountainbel]

Nice pen Nicolet , congratulations !

Just pay attention not screwing the cap very tight.

I just repaired one the these pens were the cap lip broke off , most probably by over-tightening , or falling on the floor

The cap lip is part of a separate sleeve which is glued in the cap, allowing the cap ring can be installed before gluing the cap lip sleeve in the cap. .

Drawback being the wall thickness of the sleeve part which in glued in the cap is only 0.7 mm.

Hard rubber being rather brittle, the thin wall can not withstand high tension forces, so be careful !

Francis

[dms525]

This is the UK edition (the US one had silver trim IIRC) and was only produced in c/c. Originally 200 pens were planned (hence the serial number being of the form xx/200), but only 100 were produced.

 

HTH,

 

Martin

 

 

I have one of Kevin Chang's (WineDoc) "Medical Sciences" LE. The hardware is gold. It is a C/C pen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I do like the one in the OP a lot. Do you know on which CS model it was based?

 

David

[twdpens]

Hi David,

It's a 100 series pen in black acrylic with deep chevron pattern chasing. (Note: US pens were ebonite, IIRC, but CS wasn't using that material in the period the pens were produced).

Coincidentally we had one in for service last week (photos here and here). I was reminded what lovely pens they are.

HTH,

Martin