Vintage #58

[garythepenman]

As moderator of this forum I thought I better pull my finger out and do something useful.

 

So what better thing to do than pull apart a CS #58 to show all of the bits and pieces. This will be useful information for someone wishing to start collecting vintage Conway Stewarts or even to repair them. Most lever fillers are very similar.

 

The only part I didn't separate was the cap liner (it's stuck fast).

 

The cap itself is very simple, a screw in stud holding the clip into the top of the cap.

 

The section, nib and feed are quite straight forward, no fiddly bits to worry about just the normal press fit of the nib and feed into the section. They are a doddle to take apart and clean (usually). The nib on a CS #58 should be a Duro 58 nib.

 

The section is again a press fit into the barrel, no threads here. This pen was in fact slightly loose so I've used shellac to hold it fast.

 

This pen is a lever filler with a "floating bar" arrangement. note the wire which goes through two very small holes at the centre of the lever. I actually cut this for 1 turn only, not the 2 shown. The reason being that 2 turns is harder to refit plus more importantly it puts less pressure on the barrel whilst still holding the lever in place.

 

The bar attaches to the lever quite simply. At the end of the lever are two small flanges (like bent out fork legs) which go under the bent over rims of the bar. Two raised lugs stop the bar from sliding off.

The whole thing is held inside the barrel by the wire which fits and expands into a grooved reccess.

 

A standard sac (I replaced the black rubber one with a silcone) size #18 fits on to the rear of the section sealed with shellac.

 

Relief...it went back together..hurray....

 

The #58's come in many colours and are worth collecting alone but expect to pay premiums for these as they are a sought after model. This one, a Tiger Eye is particularly rare-ish. The Cracked Ice version cost even more.

 

Enjoy

 

Gary