Yes, No exaggeration. I don't know if anyone had the same feeling as I did, at the first time when I used a Conway Stewart FP, , so smooth, and i felt that the pen was becoming a part of my hand... Really smooth and "Free" writing experience, 9 that kind of feeling i've never got from any other FPs I've used before, so, eventually, I find the FP which fits me best. Very suitable for me, once pick up, don't want to put it down.

I start to sell all the FPs I owned at the moment:
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...?showtopic=8269

And start the collection of Conway Stewart FP...


PS. 2 more question to ask: Are all the CS FP handmade ?
I'm still wondering why the nib runs differently from others, maybe because it's soft ?

Hi Simon,

Conway Stewart pens are produced by a dedicated group of people.

I am glad you are happy with the writing quality. Our 18 carat solid gold nibs are bought from Bock to the standard specified. They tend to run a little on the broad side and deliver a wet line.

Below are pictures of the founders, Frank Jarvis and Tommy Garner .




Conway Stewart old showroom, 1928


Conway Stewart factory post Blitz


Here is a picture of our staff, which made your pen


And this is the picture of our factory in Plymouth.


We have a wonderful gloss brochure detailing our pens with all the available core resin colors. If you do not have a copy of this brochure, you can view it by clicking on the attached PDF file.

Kind regards,

Mary Burke

Very beautiful brochure. Thanks for the info.


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Hi Mary,

Thanks for your kind reply, I love those pens on the brochure; I just bought a CS Fp from THE PEN SHOP, actually they just have one CS roller pen in stock, I ordered that pen from them.

Could you tell me if there're some other dealers of CS FP around Manchester ?

Here's a pic of my pen

colour one

Thanks for the brochure.

Think I'd better go and lie down in a darkened room with Pink Floyd as background music and forget all about collecting fountain pens - life's too short!?

It goes faster than you think, says I, 70 fountain pens and two years later .

Warm regards, Wim

Apart from that, I'd like to collect all the FPs I like, you know, life is too short.

Simon,
Beautiful looking pen. Congrats!
What is the pen model, nib & filling mechanism of the pen in your photo?
And the color?

Regards,
J

Fantastic pics of a great-looking pen, but I too have a question. What is that great-looking typeface you used to label the pics?

Mary wrote "Our 18 carat solid gold nibs are bought from Bock to the standard specified."

Oh, I think I didn't need to know that. I thought they were CS nibs. Disappointed now. Not that there is anything in the slightest wrong with the wonderful nib in my Churchill, but it somehow reduces its attraction knowing it was bought in.

Simon, you have a beautiful (and beautifully photographed) pen there. Any more details?

By the way, what would you give for a trip back in time to make a visit to that showroom! Aladdin can keep his cave, I want to go to 13 Paternoster Row.


Greg

One has to settle with the fact that most Italian, British or American small pen manufacturers' gold nibs are bought in from Bock (similar to the car or computer industry parts outsourcing), they seem to be the only independent gold nib manufacturer left.

BTW: I don't like monopolies ...

Hi,

I think mine is a 100 Series with converter, classic green. Medium nib.

Bradley Hand ITC

More pics for your enjoyment. I am lucky to be a CS dealer as I get to play around all these beautiful pens. My wife is not a Maki-e lover like me, but she love these:

CS Westminster


CS Doctor's Pen made exclusively for me


CS Trafalgar LE


CS Churchill Green Whirl


CS White Casein Churchill


Enjoy

Kev

The "Doctor's pen" was an edition we produced exclusively for Kevin Cheng (the owner of Internet Pens).

I personally worked very closely with Kevin Cheng and the Conway Stewart factory to create this exclusive edition, to pay homage to Doctors.

The edition was based on the model 100 with sterling silver trim. Previous models crafted out of ebonite with chasing were the Churchill and Duro. This was the first time we attempted to create an edition of 50 pieces on a balanced shaped pen crafted out of ebonite with an engraved pattern. We worked on modifying the cap band to be very large to carry the caduceus emblem. Engraved on the back of the cap band are the words, "Primum non nocere". ("First do no harm") The chase engraving was crafted by hand, taking hours to complete each cap and barrel.



I feel the contrast of black and silver works wonderfully well.

Kind regards,

Mary Burke

Yes, thanks to Kevin and Mary I can now feel very lucky, using Doc's Pen as a writer and companion everyday. I find it a very balanced pen, with a special touch which makes it stand out from surrounding "firework pens" by its aparent simplicity and inherent charm. On the other side it writes absolutely extra class, light in the hand but still keeping the feel of it. Both, image and function to have finally a jewell to be used and enjoyed, not a sculpture to just admire... Thanks to both for so muuuch pleasure...

By the way... #13 means bad luck here in Spain. Fewer people think it means good luck. With my 13/50 I did not know to which of both groups could I belong to, but now, clearly it will be to the second one

Kevin I have to congratulate you for your book pictures... here you have a different approach ¿U like pasta?



and...



Cheers
Jose

Hi Jose,

Glad the pen working well for you. The pens have been quite popular, and of 50 pens with 25 in piston and 25 in c/c fillers, I only have less than 10 left. I think 7 to be exact. Glad you are enjoying yours. Thanks again.

Best,

Kev, and yes, I love Pasta

Kev

My Doctor's Pen has arrived !! Thanks Kevin

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Congratulations Simon, there you have an outstanding pen which is 100% usable. Mine comes every day with me and helps a lot in having pleasure while working... 9

For what it matters, bought-in nibs have a long tradition in the pen industry. Waterman bought all of their nibs from the Leroy Fairchild from 1885-1900 or so, then switched to buying them all from Aikin Lambert until Waterman took over AL in the 1920s or so. I believe a number of companies bought their nibs from AL, their rubber parts from Davidson Rubber, etc. It was not quite as much a one-company show as Bock seems to be, but lots of parts were outsourced back then.

I certainly don't consider my early Waterman's to be lessened by the fact that AL made the nib.

John