Which Conway Stewart Are You Using Today?

[Pingu]

I’m really excited to have been gifted a Conway Stewart pen for Christmas. It is a button filler. Not sure when they made these.  Anyway I absolutely love this pen! I’ve never had a Conway Stewart before and I’m really impressed.

 

The large 14k gold nib is a joy to write with. It is smooth and flexible, the tines part with only slight pressure as you can see.  
 

I’ve only been dipping it as I’ve never used a button filler before and am a bit unsure about how to properly fill it with ink or clean it out afterwards.

 

 

[Ceilidh]

On 11/15/2022 at 8:42 AM, 149OBB said:

For me today is CS100

 

Me too. 🙂

 

[ParramattaPaul]

16 hours ago, Pingu said:

I’m really excited to have been gifted a Conway Stewart pen for Christmas. It is a button filler. Not sure when they made these.  Anyway I absolutely love this pen! I’ve never had a Conway Stewart before and I’m really impressed.

 

The large 14k gold nib is a joy to write with. It is smooth and flexible, the tines part with only slight pressure as you can see.  
 

I’ve only been dipping it as I’ve never used a button filler before and am a bit unsure about how to properly fill it with ink or clean it out afterwards.

 

 

There were some 19 Duro models produced.  They date from the 1930s.  See here: Jonathan's Vintage Pens - a list of Conway Stewart numbers

[Pingu]

55 minutes ago, ParramattaPaul said:

There were some 19 Duro models produced.  They date from the 1930s.  See here: Jonathan's Vintage Pens - a list of Conway Stewart numbers

 Thank you 🙂 that is a very detailed resource. Mine is a Duro 20 button filler so it looks like it’s 1930s?

[ParramattaPaul]

1 hour ago, Pingu said:

 Thank you 🙂 that is a very detailed resource. Mine is a Duro 20 button filler so it looks like it’s 1930s?

Between c1928 and 1938.  

[Pingu]

1 hour ago, ParramattaPaul said:

Between c1928 and 1938.  

 Good grief that’s older than I thought! It’s in incredible condition for its age, I  had imagined it was post-war. Thanks for the info. I can see why people rave about vintage nibs.

[sandy101]

This is mine. The CS Collectors' pen in Bracken. It's difficult to photograph as it is very translucent and catches the light, making it a lot shinier and attractive than the photo.

 

A decent writer with Diamine ink. I went for broad.

 

[ParramattaPaul]

A green Duro with a broad nib.

[Targa]

The "Evergreen" Christmas Churchill, broad nib, diamine oxford blue ink.  Absolutely gorgeous pen.  

[mallymal1]

I've been using a "Tiger's Eye" CS 28 for a week or so...

 

 

 

 

 

...and it's been wonderful. Writes first time every time, with a soft, broad, stubby nib.  

 

The 28 was produced from 1949 as part of CS's post WWII range, into the first years of the 1960's. This particular 28 is an earlier example. 

 

 

[christam]

22 hours ago, Targa said:

The "Evergreen" Christmas Churchill, broad nib, diamine oxford blue ink.  Absolutely gorgeous pen.  

 

Could we see a photo of this one?  I nearly ordered it during the Black Friday sale, then opted for the Churchill Shingle (which I've had my eye on for a while) instead.  I'd love to see a real life pic of what I missed 😊

[sandy101]

You'll get one next Black Friday sale.

[christam]

6 minutes ago, sandy101 said:

You'll get one next Black Friday sale.

 

I'd wail, "Nooooooo", but fear you might be right.  Unless of course they produce one in the Heather resin ....... if that happened I'm not sure I'd have enough self control to wait for a sale.

[sandy101]

Don't look at the Collectors' pen. 

[Targa]

1 hour ago, christam said:

 

Could we see a photo of this one?  I nearly ordered it during the Black Friday sale, then opted for the Churchill Shingle (which I've had my eye on for a while) instead.  I'd love to see a real life pic of what I missed 😊

Here you go.  They did a great job on the engraving!  Nib is of course the standard CS (except I tell people it's SC for Santa Claus) JoWo #7 broad.

I got some "Magical Forest" green sparkle ink to go with it for Christmas purposes, though it has Diamine Oxford blue in it now.  I also used the green sparkle ink in a 1997/8 Duofold Centennial with a Mottishaw- customized italic nib.  That worked very well.  

 

 

[christam]

@Targa That does indeed look very beautiful and I love the engraving!  Thank you for sharing.

 

Oh dear, I've got a weakness for green pens as well.  Luckily (or sadly, not sure which now) I've just impulsively ordered another English FP I've been waiting to get at a good price, so that's my pen budget used up for a while.

[donnweinberg]

I now own 2 Conway Stewarts and have another 2 coming from a new order.  

 

A modern one I purchased at a pen show -- a lever-filler Churchill -- is being repaired, as it wouldn't draw in water (during my test).  I just found out that the sac was bad.  The repair will cost around $20, which is fair for such a nice pen.

 

The one I had before that one is the "Winston Cherry-Red Fountain Pen" with a cursive italic nib.  It has an internal piston filler.  

 

I've just ordered two new pens from CS -- the Churchill Evergreen and the Series 100 Commander -- both with broad gold nibs.  They both are C/C fillers.

[ParramattaPaul]

I have several vintage and modern CS pens.  None are inked at the moment.  The Duro is my favourite of the modern renditions.  The 84 is a favourtie amongst my vintage models.