Conway Stewart/bespoke British Pens

[AJ50]

I see lots of pens being issued by Bespoke British Pens as Conway Stewart pens. Are all of the components still old stock from when Conway Stewart went into liquidation? Some of the colours on offer are superb.

[david6]

I think that the components are all genuine Conway Stewart except for the nib which is a Flag nib. I think I heard that Conway Stewart were running out of nibs when they went into liquidation.

[dapprman]

From my understanding, when the last iteration/owner of Conway Stewart was in trouble, a number of people from Onoto came across to try and help out. Things didn't work out and one assumes debts were high as Bespoke British Pens started when Conway Stewart ceased (though the Conway Stewart trademark is still registered to them everywhere bar the US (and that's questionable)). BBP took on most/all the materials and continued to make the same pens using the same materials, though once they ran out of nibs they started using their own brand (I don't know of they're the same just different branding).

Edited September 22, 2018 by dapprman

[Boz]

I'm curious how the Flag nibs perform against the modern CS nibs.

[Karmachanic]

Turners Workshop states: "We bought in 2014 from the Administrators all of the pen making material from Conway Stewart & Co`."

[AJ50]

Both Bespoke British Pens AND Turners Workshop claim to have purchased all of the pen making materials?

[Karmachanic]

Both Bespoke British Pens AND Turners Workshop claim to have purchased all of the pen making materials?

 

Please provide a link to BBP's claim. I didn't dig deeply. Cursory search did not reveal said claim. Thank you.

[dapprman]

Under Second Golden History. Note Turners may well have bought a large quantity of rods when they were trying to keep Conway Stewart afloat, or even been sold them to help fund BBP (with BBP even potentially buying rods back).

 

Edit - BTW Turners Workshop say they bought a lot, not all of the materials

Edited September 23, 2018 by dapprman

[Newton Pens]

They're still getting acrylics made in Italy so they can get those same materials made as long as the company will make them. The new Conways are new. Not leftover parts being cobbled together.

[Karmachanic]

Thank you dapprman. Yes, I believeTurners is referring to rods only "THE TURNERS WORKSHOP BOUGHT ALL OF THEIR USEABLE MATERIAL."

 

edit: Typing slowly, as I do, I now see Mr Newton's response

Edited September 23, 2018 by Karmachanic