Hi,

If anybody is traveling to the Los Angeles Pen Show this weekend, please come by and visit the Conway Stewart table.

I will have many samples and you can try out all our nib grades. I will also be show casing our Spring Maki-e Collection 2006 as well as our new Nightingale series.

LA is always a fun show, there are plenty of pens and many people to chat with.

Kind regards,

Mary Burke


Conway Stewart Spring Maki-e Collection 2006


"The Nightingale Series"

Wow Mary,

What great looking pens. I've got my eye on an Ebonite Churchill but must save up, those Nightingale pens should even get my wife interested in FP's now.
I have only dealt with Conway Stewart UK by e-mail and they sent me the most luscious brochure with some of the best pen photographs I've ever seen.

BTW If Conway Stewart want to open an office in the Antipodes do let me know.

Best of luck for the show. Your co-moderator

Gary

Hi Gary,

Thanks for your response.

I have the new gloss brochure available as a PDF file. It is a great reference for models and the core color range.

The ebonite Churchill is available in either black chase or Woodgrain (Red Ripple). I personally feel the Woodgrain is stunning.





Kind regards,

Mary Burke

Oh Mary, Why do you tempt me so. The red ripple is stunning.

Would you be kind enough to e-mail me the *.pdf catalogue ?.

Best regards

Gary

Mary,

Thanks for the invite!

I'll be arriving at the show on Friday and I'll keep an eye out for you and those gorgeous pens!

Andy Hoffman

Hi Gary,

I have sent you an email with the attachment detailing a pdf file for our new gloss brochure.

Kind regards,

Mary Burke

Great, thanks for the brochure pdf, Mary, they have my pen on the cover! Well almost, mine has silver trimmings as opposed to gold (like Kelly, I'm not a gold lover).



Greg

OH MAN, that red ripple 58 is absolutley gorgeous....
OK, give me the bad news how much is it going for... and will there be any special deals at the shows... I will have a booth at the DC show and will come look at it in person....
OH SWHTM is going to really give me grief for this... :doh: :doh:

Wait until she posts a picture of that bronze 100

I didn't know who you were when I came to the show last year, but I certainly appreciated the chance to try out some of the pens you had on display. For anyone contemplating the purchase of a CS, I highly recommend dropping by Mary's table. It might be your only opportunity to handle all the CS models and dip test the many different types of nibs available.

Aw, maaan!! Yet more talk of the coming show (and now, modern Conway Stewarts)! Push the knife deeper, why don't you?? :doh:

Hello Mary! Any chance you need some help at the show? You do? Excellent. I'll PM my address to you so that you can courier the flight tickets to me in Malaysia. Thanks, Conway Stewart! :bunny1: :bunny1: :bunny1:


G.

Or 58 in that Sandstone acrylic

Here's an image of the Bronze model 100. It is absolutely gorgeous!





I also feel this design is superb. The pen is crafted out of 18 carat solid gold, engraved and enameled.



There simply is not enough money to buy every design I like ... but it is sure fun seeing and handling these beautiful pens.

Kind regards,

Mary Burke

Hi,

LOOOOVE those Dinkies!!! All three of them!! I will have to put that off though...I am saving up for two MB pens.

Dillon

I once did a very quick estimate of how much it would cost to collect all the available finishes of say the 100. I think there are at least 20 regular finishes and perhaps anoother ten bespoke ones. Assuming a competitive retail price of $350 for the regulars and $425 for the bespokes, you end up with about $9000! Now multiply that by three if you add the Duro and the Churchill. Throw in a few special pens, and you are looking at well over $30,000

Hi,

Sorry to give you even more of a sticker price shock, but the numbers are a lot higher than that!

The model 100 is available in 15 core colors: Classic Black, Classic Claret, Classic Green, Flecked Amethyst, Lapis Blue, Lava, Marble Blue, Meteor, Nebula, Peppered White, Red Whirl, Sepia Blue, Shingle, White Whirl, Yellow Whirl.

There are also the three colors for the Garner edition (100 pens):


The White Casein limited edition (500 pens):



And then all these colors, regular and bespoke:






This would require one big wish list with lots of family and friends!

Kind regards,

Mary Burke

I guess I was way off in the number of available finishes. So it's $20K +/- $5K for the 100 alone

There are in excess of 55 colors -- and there are a few more that have not been published

The decision choices are a lot easier once the color has been chosen. You only have to choose between a piston fill or converter cartridge; and the nibs available are from Extra Fine, to Extra Broad, Italic Fine, Italic Medium and Italic Broad.

Kind regards,

Mary Burke

Mary, I am not aware of any other manufacturer that has made so many colors available simultaneously for a single model. It is an interesting decision from a business point of view. Most manufacturers tend to release a few new finishes every year and discontinue the older ones. The Pelikan city series is one such example. I suppose each new release becomes a mini- marketing event grabbing a lot of attention, and the fact that each new model is available only for a short time might push some people to buy. But if the buying opportunity is missed, it is often missed for good as a number people will not settle for a used version of the model. With CS, the dizzying array of choices seems to remain available for a long time, giving people a chance to eventually buy that one finish they really like for a special occasion. I am not sure what all this means, but it seems noteworthy .

Hi Stylo,

I agree with you on the materials. Some are absolutely stunning to my eye, and I am sure there is a material there for everybody. Impressive number of choices!

Warm regards, Wim