Conway Stewart Dinkie Photo Thread

[mizgeorge]

Here are a couple of much later versions that I picked up recently (not together). I have a weakness for the luminas. 

 

I was surprised by how nice the nib on this one was - previous versions of this one have been a bit firm and scratchy for my taste, but this one is as soft and smooth as my early ones.

 

[tifh]

I received my own dinkie and I’m smitten! I wan’t to start collecting these little beauties! 

 

[Woodtech]

Just acquired this Conway Stewart Fountain pen. Seems to be a rare find. No.575M with 14CT nib. Has the name Harold Mc Kay engraved upon it. I have looked on a few lists for Dinkie pens and the closest is a No.575L Thanks for looking. 

[andyr7]

Firstly, the 575 is not a Dinkie, it is significantly larger, closer in size to a Dandy.

 

The M suffix in CS terms normally implies it is made in mottled vulcanite, but this is clearly not the case here. There is some evidence that the 575 models were assembled elsewhere, probably in Canada, from components supplied by CS from London. and this pen tends to back up that theory. The more common 575L model is a ringtop, and there have been theories that the L suffix is derived from Lanyard or Ladies. If the latter is correct, a 575M in this case could imply a Man's pen, which is consistent with the pen having a cap with a clip. A 575M is certainly rarer than a 575L.

[donnweinberg]

Today, at the BWI Pen Show, I purchased from Paul Erano these 5 Conway Stewart Dinkie fountain pens, each from the 1990s.  Each can be filled with a stubby International Standard cartridge, and each has a 14K gold nib.  Here are photos:

 

 

 

The purplish one has a missing finial jewel.  Otherwise all five are in excellent condition.

 

 

 

I paid a total of $1,225 for all five, as they are highly uncommon to find, it seems.

 

 

Edited March 2 by donnweinberg
Eliminated extra space between two sentences that has been accidentally inserted.

[donnweinberg]

I just inked-up the purple one shown above.  I put in a Diamine Emerald cartridge.  Wow!  Smooth writer, and it looks like the nib width is medium.