Vintage Conway Stewart Addiction

[mikey_abz]

Think I have just caught the vintage pen bug and my wife isn’t happy ha

While bored at work (offshore oil installation) I have bought 3x Vintage Conway Stewart & 1x Parker pens on eBay:

1. Conway Stewart No 58 Green Herringbone
2. Conway Stewart No 84 Green & Gold (Cracked Ice/Marble)
3. Conway Stewart No 15 Green Marble
4. Parker Vacumatic Blue (Canadian)

I really like the vintage CS designs and the top pen is really nice, which other ones are worthy of note?

Mike

[northlodge]

Think I have just caught the vintage pen bug and my wife isn’t happy ha

I really like the vintage CS designs and the top pen is really nice, which other ones are worthy of note?

Mike

 

"They are an investment for our future, they will increase by more than the 1% p.a.the bank will offer" is a tried and tested approach

 

As for models

 

The CS24/27/28/60 are all worthwhile chasing,

The CS85L is good, as is the 73/93 models

The CS100 is a big pen, and available in black.

 

going backwards in time

 

The CS475 / 479 come in a nice range of colours

[mikey_abz]

Was looking at the CS24 pens liked the look of those also. I can see this being a slippery slope 😂

[mikey_abz]

Was looking at the CS24 pens liked the look of those also. I can see this being a slippery slope 😂

[northlodge]

Nah,

 

"slippery slope" might suggest that it bottoms out.

[da vinci]

Mike

 

That sounds like a fantastic haul, and a nice set of pens. Would be great to see photos, and hear how they write in due course. Will they need any TLC (sacs?) when you get them?

 

I don’t know much about vintage CS but have been admiring the larger size 58’s recently particularly those with a ‘Duro’ Nib...

 

Cheers!

[mikey_abz]

Mike

 

That sounds like a fantastic haul, and a nice set of pens. Would be great to see photos, and hear how they write in due course. Will they need any TLC (sacs?) when you get them?

 

I don’t know much about vintage CS but have been admiring the larger size 58’s recently particularly those with a ‘Duro’ Nib...

 

Cheers!

 

I will take some photographs and writing samples when I get home from work on Wednesday (Helicopter/Fog/Wx permitting) - gives me something to look forward to

I think 3 of them will need some very minor work sacks/polish (not the CS15), I will see what the situation is when I go home - thats the chance you take with online auctions I guess.

The Parker Vac. has a bent L.H tine so will try get a replacement nib or repaired if possible.

 

Mike

[da vinci]

Fabulous- thanks. I shall look forward to it!

[mallymal1]

A very nice selection of pens. Looking forward to seeing them.

[mikey_abz]

Well that is me home, and only 1 of the 3 pens I have yet received was correctly described.

 

1.Conway Stewart No 58 Green Herringbone as expected and is very nice (has not any internals just small fragments of brittle black plastic - did say needed internals, hopefully not to difficult to get)

2.Conway Stewart No 84 Green & Gold (Cracked Ice/Marble) sprung nib! - keeping it now.

3.Conway Stewart No 15 Green Marble - Noticeable Crack in cap - getting returned

 

hopefully the Parker Vac is as described

 

Mike

Edited June 7, 2018 by mikey_abz

[mikey_abz]

Conway Stewart 58.

 

Edited June 7, 2018 by mikey_abz

[mikey_abz]

Conway Stewart 84

 

[da vinci]

Nice pens!

 

A shame that the sellers description seems a bit lacking, but enjoy them nonetheless!

[CS388]

Very nice pen. Congratulations.

 

Sorry for the disappointment(s) - but that can be often be the case with vintage pens and over zealous sellers!

(The 84 nib doesn't look to be sprung, in your photo - or have you fixed it already?)

 

Enjoy.

[mikey_abz]

Very nice pen. Congratulations.

 

Sorry for the disappointment(s) - but that can be often be the case with vintage pens and over zealous sellers!

(The 84 nib doesn't look to be sprung, in your photo - or have you fixed it already?)

 

Enjoy.

 

Thanks, if I took a side on image you would see it more clearly.

[SchaumburgSwan]

Conway Stewart 58.

 

 

Wow, what a nice color and pattern!

Fascinating...

Best

Jens

[mikey_abz]

My latest Conway Stewart Pen, I love this pen :

 

 

[bbs]

Thanks for sharing these pix. Vintage Conway-Stewarts were my first love on this journey. Isn't that clip just one of the nicest ever?

[mikey_abz]

Thanks for sharing these pix. Vintage Conway-Stewarts were my first love on this journey. Isn't that clip just one of the nicest ever?

Exactly, I love their elegant designs. I'm waiting for the two green ones (CS58 & CS84) to come back from being restored cant wait

I was going to buy a new MB149 over the CS100 I'm glad I didn't bother in the end, will buy a CS24 ideally in cracked ice next (if I find one) with the difference in cash I saved

[BillZ]

Beautiful! I got lucky one day at Dromgoole's in Houston. Larry Dromgoole ahd just gotten some pens from an estate sale and among them was a C-S Wordsworth LE(38/75) with a n 18K F nib!! I had to make it mine and now it is. I researches and I think they were made about 1989-90?