What Was Your Last Impulsive Pen Acquisition?

[inkstainedruth]

That Conway Stewart is made of a very interesting material -- celluloid?  Another type of plastic/resin?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

[dms525]

2 hours ago, JonSzanto said:

I started to scroll this morning and this was about the third thing, just listed. I've always wanted one in this material - vintage Conway-Stewart 28 in Cracked Ice:

Congratulations, Jon!

 

How big is the C-S 28? I have a 58 in cracked ice. Is the 28 bigger or smaller than the 58?

 

David

[PAKMAN]

Spent too much time on the Asvine V200 thread and just jumped on Amazon and ordered one. 

[JonSzanto]

1 hour ago, dms525 said:

Congratulations, Jon!

 

How big is the C-S 28? I have a 58 in cracked ice. Is the 28 bigger or smaller than the 58?

 

David

 

This post, here on FPN, gives a good visual and data view of the pens. The 28 is virtually identical to the 58, only the slightest bit thinner. I have a 58 and I'll compare when the pen arrives. I'm having trouble linking to individual posts in a thread, so if it goes to the top of the thread, scroll down four posts to the photo that shows a number of pens side-by-side.
 

 

[Misfit]

7 hours ago, JonSzanto said:

I've always wanted one in this material - vintage Conway-Stewart 28 in Cracked Ice:

Wow, that’s a very attractive pen. The cracked ice pens of today, like Conklin’s are primarily white, with black showing the cracks. 

[JonSzanto]

7 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

That Conway Stewart is made of a very interesting material -- celluloid?  Another type of plastic/resin?

 

This pen model was made from 1949 through approximately 1963, and while I don't know that the Cracked Ice material ran the entire time (I doubt it), it is likely celluloid or a variant. C-S is not one of the brands that I have delved into, and don't know the history, construction, etc. as well as many other (esp. US) makers. Before the pen arrives I'll be doing some research.

[ParramattaPaul]

15 minutes ago, JonSzanto said:

 

This pen model was made from 1949 through approximately 1963, and while I don't know that the Cracked Ice material ran the entire time (I doubt it), it is likely celluloid or a variant. C-S is not one of the brands that I have delved into, and don't know the history, construction, etc. as well as many other (esp. US) makers. Before the pen arrives I'll be doing some research.

Google Conway Sterart history. There is a website that lists details of every model.

 

I would provide a link, but I'm away at the moment and do not have my laptop. 

[JonSzanto]

8 minutes ago, ParramattaPaul said:

Google Conway Sterart history. There is a website that lists details of every model. I would provide a link, but I'm away at the moment and do not have my laptop. 

 

Yes, that site is where I've gathered most of my data already, but they don't strictly specify the material. However, there is an article on the modern C-S site going over the materials history, and the progression was hard rubber -> cassein -> celluloid -> acrylics, and I distinctly believe this is in the celluloid era. That is how it has always presented when I've seen it at pen shows, and the hallmark 'spiral' forming of the material seems to lock it in place.

[Beechwood]

1 hour ago, ParramattaPaul said:

Google Conway Sterart history. There is a website that lists details of every model.

 

I would provide a link, but I'm away at the moment and do not have my laptop. 

 

 

To assist, Link attached, Huge resource that was nearly lost forever. This is not quite every model, the emphasis is on the older models

 

http://conwaystewart.wesonline.org.uk/csbook/page1.htm

 

The style is a little old fashioned in terms of website design but the models are listed by number and an image is available for the highlighted items.

[Mercian]

Post deleted, because Beechwood beat me to the punch 😁

[JonSzanto]

8 hours ago, Beechwood said:

To assist, Link attached, Huge resource that was nearly lost forever. This is not quite every model, the emphasis is on the older models

 

http://conwaystewart.wesonline.org.uk/csbook/page1.htm

 

The style is a little old fashioned in terms of website design but the models are listed by number and an image is available for the highlighted items.

 

And that was the first place I went to, having bookmarked it many years ago. Indeed, invaluable. Thanks.

[Gloucesterman]

23 hours ago, JonSzanto said:

I started to scroll this morning and this was about the third thing, just listed. I've always wanted one in this material - vintage Conway-Stewart 28 in Cracked Ice:

Now that looks really sharp.

Enjoy it and post a writing sample and more picts if/when you have the time.

[Doug C]

A Santini Italia Unica.

[deuter]

This came in the mail today.

 

[Gloucesterman]

8 hours ago, deuter said:

This came in the mail today.

 

Thank you for posting the unboxing.

Really interesting scrollwork on the nib. Would love to see a close-up if/when you have the time.

[Mercian]

9 hours ago, deuter said:

This came in the mail today.

Did your Duofold arrive with a converter included inside the pen, or with only those two cartridges?

[inkstainedruth]

And the Vector I got on eBay has just arrived. 

Although I MAY need to have a chat with the USPS, because I had signed up for tracking the package and didn't get any intermediate notices.  The only way I knew it had come was because I was just checking email for something else.... 

Except that it's a ballpoint.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[deuter]

7 hours ago, Mercian said:

Did your Duofold arrive with a converter included inside the pen, or with only those two cartridges?

Included a gold (not sure whether it’s real gold) CC. There were also 2 black cartridges.

I plugged in one and using it , very smooth writing. Now to improve my handwriting!

[senzen]

Lately I've been doing small "bets" for mostly under $50 interesting pens, to avoid ending up paying almost 30% in taxes and import duties; most but not all work, like this, my first Parker 51 that superficially looks in good nick.

 

 

It's a Vacumatic, unfortunately it doesn't draw ink; I've already identified a seller with an entire filling system and some wrenches to disassemble it, it might take me a few months to save for that, those wrenches are not cheap.

[ruby.monkey]

Have you checked repair suppliers like The Pendragons or Pentooling? They sell vacumatic filler wrenches for about £30/$30.