Conway Stewart Tiger Eye Photo Thread

[PenHero]

Hi, Folks!

I also picked up one of these. I understand there are actually six different versions. Would love to see them all! I just have this one.

This is a Conway Stewart Number 28 lever fill fountain pen in tiger eye celluloid c. 1949-1955. It’s about 5 inches long and has a black domed cap top jewel and gold filled trim. The washer type clip has the Conway Stewart logo stamped at the top face and a diamond shaped tip. The lever tab is stamped with the Conway Stewart logo inside a diamond. All the trim shows typical plating loss. The barrel is stamped Conway Stewart 28 over MADE IN ENGLAND. The 14 karat gold nib is stamped Conway over Stewart over 14CT GOLD over 5.

http://www.penhero.com/Temp/ConwayStewart28TigerEye_2048_01.jpg

Thanks!

[barriep]

1950s Conway Stewart 58 tiger eye compared with the late 1930s Onoto Magna.

 

 

 

 

 

[mallymal1]

More eye-candy. Excellent.

 

[WhiteStarPens]

I'm afraid this is my only Tiger Eye contribution, a #33 pencil.

 

I bought this unaware that the bell of the pencil had stuck fast to the internal mechanism. However, with a bit of ultra-violence I managed to remove the offending article. Now this left me with a knackered pencil and a pile of..ahem...filings... what's more, a portion of the mechanism remained jammed at the top of the bell (plus I has no clip!) so I thought it was pretty much finished.

But fear not, then came a sorry looking #33, it had its clip but also shared the same problem.

 

I'm afraid that second #33 is no longer with us, but its transplanted metallic organs, which I managed to rescue intact, live on within its Tiger Eye brother, albeit slightly modified to accommodate the jammed bit still defiantly clinging like Quasimodo to the bell.

 

A useful lesson was had that day, but I'll let you work out what that is...

[mallymal1]

An earlier version CS 28 (with number on second line).

 

 

 

[gweimer1]

This is a pen that's on my short list.

[mallymal1]

An early version 58.