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It's probably quite a lost hope but I was hoping some kind folk might help me to identify a lovely celluloid fountain pen I bought recently very cheaply. I suspect it's just a 'junk' pen but it's very attractive and blessed with a 14k warranted nib no. 6 which writes like a dream with flex xf - bb. It has no identifying marks at all except on the clip which offers me "pat no. 83573", which I suspect refers only to the clip type. It's a shortie at only 4.5" capped but it's such a sweetie it would be lovely to put a name to it. :)

 

I'm new to pens, so hoping wiser heads might give me a clue. Couple of pics...

 

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It is pretty and yes, likely a NoNami but be warned, lots of the "flex" in such pens was the result of cost driven thin nibs and using the flex can be very hazardous to the nibs longevity.

 

 

 

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I believe it's probably a Conway Stewart pen. I'm not that familiar with them, but the top part of the clip has the same diamond, but the end of the clip usually has a diamond as well, but this has a ball. Could be a second-tier brand of Conway Stewart where the clip looks similar to, but slightly different from, the normal line.

 

I'd post it in the Great Britain regional focus forum. I'm sure someone there will identify it right off.

 

Good luck

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It is pretty and yes, likely a NoNami but be warned, lots of the "flex" in such pens was the result of cost driven thin nibs and using the flex can be very hazardous to the nibs longevity.

 

Thanks for that, I'll bear that in mind. It feels quite robust but I'm just using it as my current all day writer as it's nice and wet. :)

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I believe it's probably a Conway Stewart pen. I'm not that familiar with them, but the top part of the clip has the same diamond, but the end of the clip usually has a diamond as well, but this has a ball. Could be a second-tier brand of Conway Stewart where the clip looks similar to, but slightly different from, the normal line.

 

I'd post it in the Great Britain regional focus forum. I'm sure someone there will identify it right off.

 

Good luck

Andrew

 

Thank you, Andrew, I'll try that. I didn't know there was a more 'local' forum...

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