For a long time, I've had a yen for a modern Conway Stewart. It's the finishes - the marbles, and swirls, and sparkles - they're just too nice.
Anyway, I've heard form some retailers that they've had better luck with the c/c versions rather than the levers, but I can't figure out why this would be. Lever-fillers have been around for a really long time, so you'd think CS would have it figured out by now.
My main question is how does this lever filler function? I get the impression that it's not the simple mechanism that my Estie J or Sheaffer Balance use - am I right? In fact, I think I remember seeing one taken apart here, and there was string involved (?).
Full Version: CS Lever Filler Mechanism
On that note: anyone know how the modern button-filler works.
Thanks!
Thanks!
I've got a lever-fill Dandy and although I've never taken it apart (!) it seems to work the same way as other lever-fillers. The way I figure, if you're gonna spend the $$ for a Conway Stewart, you might as well get the lever. I'm kind of a shallow guy, I like the lever because it's another "classic" looking bit of brightwork on the barrel. Writes great too!
Doug
Doug
I recently Bought 2 Conway Stewart Churchill Pens and I made sure both of them were lever fillers due to my dislike of cartridge converter fillers. Well I was very suprised by how much ink these lever fillers hold. AFAIAK, I find them to hold at the least, 2 times the amount as would the Converters would. I dont have proof but I count how many drops come out and I see the lever fillers holding substantially more ink.
TNS
TNS
Thanks for the info, TNS. Can we expect reviews forthcoming? 
QUOTE(RyanL27 @ Nov 25 2006, 03:09 PM)
For a long time, I've had a yen for a modern Conway Stewart. It's the finishes - the marbles, and swirls, and sparkles - they're just too nice.
Anyway, I've heard form some retailers that they've had better luck with the c/c versions rather than the levers, but I can't figure out why this would be. Lever-fillers have been around for a really long time, so you'd think CS would have it figured out by now.
My main question is how does this lever filler function? I get the impression that it's not the simple mechanism that my Estie J or Sheaffer Balance use - am I right? In fact, I think I remember seeing one taken apart here, and there was string involved (?).
Anyway, I've heard form some retailers that they've had better luck with the c/c versions rather than the levers, but I can't figure out why this would be. Lever-fillers have been around for a really long time, so you'd think CS would have it figured out by now.
My main question is how does this lever filler function? I get the impression that it's not the simple mechanism that my Estie J or Sheaffer Balance use - am I right? In fact, I think I remember seeing one taken apart here, and there was string involved (?).
In September 2003, I saw Waco Johnny D's web page about the Churchill lever filler, and his photo of a dismantled woodgrain Conway Stewart Churchill lever filler.
The Conway Stewart lever filler works exactly like a vintage one. The differences are elsewhere:
- The modern pen use a standard C/C nib/feed/collar assembly. This can cause flow issues in some pens, but more importantly these pens fill and flush more slowly than vintage pens.
- In the Churchill, the section assembles into the barrel oddly, with a sleeve that appears to be Delrin between the actual section and the barrel. The sac is attached to this sleeve, and this design calls for special tools to disassemble.
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