Conway Stewart Churchill Without An Imprint

[arispsalas]

May I ask if anyone has ever encountered a Conway Stewart without an imprint on the barrel? I recently won a Bracket Brown Churchill but I failed to notice that the pen did not have the usual imprint on the barrel. The pen came with a certificate from Bespoke British Pens.

[dms525]

It is my understanding that Bespoke British Pens is assembling pens using parts that they purchased in auction when Conway Stewart went out of business. I suppose, in a literal sense, you did not buy a "Conway Stewart pen." That said, I would expect it to perform as a Conway Stewart would, if it uses the same materials and they were assembled properly.

 

I would guess that at least some of the pen barrel parts acquired in the above manner did not have the CS imprint. If I were you, I would ask your question of Bespoke British Pens.

 

Good luck.

 

David

[arispsalas]

_{It is my understanding that Bespoke British Pens is assembling pens using parts that they purchased in auction when Conway Stewart went out of business. I suppose, in a literal sense, you did not buy a "Conway Stewart pen." That said, I would expect it to perform as a Conway Stewart would, if it uses the same materials and they were assembled properly.}

 

_{I would guess that at least some of the pen barrel parts acquired in the above manner did not have the CS imprint. If I were you, I would ask your question of Bespoke British Pens.}

 

_{Good luck.}

 

_David

 

_{I will do that, David. Thanks for the clarification.}

[mallymal1]

I'd go with David on this one.

 

There seems to be an abundance of CS parts, and boxes, which were obviously picked up at the auction.

[twdpens]

It's worth mentioning (in case this thread pops up in someone's search) that Conway Stewart would make non-engraved pens to special order if the customer wanted the barrel "plain". Therefore, there are a few original factory Conway Stewart pens out there with no barrel engraving.

 

HTH,

 

Martin

[bbs]

Indeed, I have a modern Dinkie without an imprint. Martin kindly organised it after it was noticed that engraving made the Amethyst Fleck material yellow.

[arispsalas]

I'd go with David on this one.

 

There seems to be an abundance of CS parts, and boxes, which were obviously picked up at the auction.

 

 

It's worth mentioning (in case this thread pops up in someone's search) that Conway Stewart would make non-engraved pens to special order if the customer wanted the barrel "plain". Therefore, there are a few original factory Conway Stewart pens out there with no barrel engraving.

 

HTH,

 

Martin

 

 

Indeed, I have a modern Dinkie without an imprint. Martin kindly organised it after it was noticed that engraving made the Amethyst Fleck material yellow.

 

Thank you all for your replies. As confirmed in BBP's website, they indeed, have acquired almost all of CS stocks and are selling CS pens without the engraving. As they reiterated, the engraving is done as a last part of the manufacturing process so all unused stocks will not bear the usual imprints.

 

Aris

[AJ50]

Thank you all for your replies. As confirmed in BBP's website, they indeed, have acquired almost all of CS stocks and are selling CS pens without the engraving. As they reiterated, the engraving is done as a last part of the manufacturing process so all unused stocks will not bear the usual imprints.

 

Aris

So in reality they are not Conway Stewart pens, just original components put together by a third party? Edited September 25, 2015 by AJ50

[mallymal1]

So in reality they are not Conway Stewart pens, just original components put together by a third party?

 

Good question.

[jar]

A rose, by any other name ...

[arispsalas]

So in reality they are not Conway Stewart pens, just original components put together by a third party?

 

 

 

Good question.

Technically, yes not Conway Stewart. Materials are all Conway Stewart, but assembled by a third party--Bespoke British Pens--in this case. The engraving of the name and numbers is done at the end of the manufacture and assembly processes, hence the absence of such on this particular pens by BBP.

[arispsalas]

A rose, by any other name ...

Then again, jar, you have a point, all same materials except that the putting together was not done by Conway Stewart hired hands.