First Cs Purchase - 75

[redbike]

This was a spontaneous purchase, though I've been looking at CS pens for a while. I wanted something at least 5" long and with a fine nib, and this hits both those marks. Most of my pens are vintage US made, and I wanted something from across the pond. It looks to be in good condition, the seller has a good track record, and it didn't seem too expensive. I know next to nothing about CS pens, so comments/observations welcome.

 

Thanks,

 

jim

[zoniale]

Reasonale pen at a reasonable price.

The good news about CS and other British pens from that period is that there is very little that you cannot fix on your own with a service/resaking. In some cases I got them with a less than ideally placed nib and feed, but was able to reassemble the pen so that it wrote really well.

The other thing is that they come in such a huge variety of nibs that I cannot always predict correctly the level of flex.

[northlodge]

The CS75 is one of the CS economy models of that period (along with the CS 12 / 15 / 84 / 85 etc), but this still makes it a good, well built, and very usable item.

 

the price you paid was very reasonable (I would have asked more for one), and the seller has a good reputation.

 

Enjoy, then look at the many others still available at sensible prices.

Edited February 8, 2017 by northlodge

[redbike]

Thanks very much to you both. I'll post impressions once I get the pen. I'm not really an enthusiast of flexible nibs so don't need to have that characteristic.

[darazs]

I agree with the comments above. It's a good pen and a good price.

 

I like CS for their colors, and the Duro nibs are nearly always very good.

 

Enjoy the new pen!