Conway Stewart Ink Pencil 106 Help Please

[Astonmv8]

Hi can anyone help I have recently acquired a number of pens including several Conway Stewart's (model 45 in Autumn Leaves which I believe to be rare colour? Model 85 and 2 Dinkies) all very nice and reasonably easy to get info however in the collection was this Ink Pencil 106 does anyone have any info on these?

 

Thank you

 

 

[shalitha33]

only ink pencil i have for CS is a 115 . I might have the box and papers for it though. but thats the wrong model. Needle unit in mine is kind of worn out as well . need to find a replacement

Edited May 26, 2020 by shalitha33

[WhiteStarPens]

The Autumn leaves is rather unusual, yes, unless you've got a faded red marble. A photo would confirm it.

 

The 106 is a button filler, 1933-42. The clip, if it has one, as well as the shape of the cap finial, will tell you whether it's earlier or later. A ball clip with a flat top finial suggests an earlier version, whilst a peaked finial with a diamond clip would be one of the most recent. Of course a combination of these might tell us it's from the transition between the styles.

 

It'll have a standard section on which you can fit a new sac, just like the others. The stylo point can be unscrewed from the section and the weighted needle will (fingers crossed) be inside.

 

Please let us know how it writes and feel free to contribute to the "Stylos and Ink Pencil show and tell" thread!

 

Hope this was useful to you,

[WhiteStarPens]

only ink pencil i have for CS is a 115 . I might have the box and papers for it though. but thats the wrong model. Needle unit in mine is kind of worn out as well . need to find a replacement

 

With gentle persuasion one can remove the needle from the weight and swap point end. If it has worn to a considerable extent, perhaps packing the hole in the weight so that the needle can extend further from the metal collar? Of course, try it original-beedle-end-first.

 

The metal collar is a different matter. On inspection they have been manufactured to have a very specific 'inner' surface, otherwise the pen catches in the paper or won't write.

 

A donor pen of the exact model is your best bet as all C.S pens were designed individually and few parts, save the nibs, are interchangeable. Either that or with any stylo you can find try replacing the whole point and section as a single unit?

 

Just my two-penneth of course!

Edited May 27, 2020 by WhiteStarPens