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Conway Stewart Churchill Burgundy Fountain Pen

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Conway Stewart Churchill Burgundy Fountain Pen

RayF

22220

Feb 5, 2019

This is a pen! Wasn't aware these were still available, but a little hunting turned up several sites selling them in various configurations. If you're up for a big-boy/girl pen, this is probably the best example I've seen on MD, and the price is very good. Not my color, unfortunately, but otherwise an excellent deal!

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After learning more about the origins and subsequent bastardization of these pens (parts of pens actually) I withdraw my previous endorsement. No doubt they will function and write, but they are not the CS pens I originally believed them to be.

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katerchen

271

Feb 5, 2019

RayFWhat is the state of Conway-Stewart now? The brand changed hands so many times in the last 20 years that I honestly lost track. Are these old stock, English-made pens?

RayF

22220

Feb 5, 2019

katerchenI’m with you—I thought the resurrection of the early 2000s went under 5-8 years later. I was surprised to see the full line back up at Bespoke English (?) Pens. I’ll need to look into it further.

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SilentSpeaker

Feb 5, 2019

katerchenThey died again a couple of years ago and the remains were sold to the current owners who I believe are, for the first time in a long while, not venture capitalists but people who have been involved in the pen industry for a while: "Bespoke British Pen Co" or whatever, who are at least trying to keep memory of the brand alive. New pens are being made in the UK, so it's not old stock, but the lever fillers are all gone so it's only C/C now. Rod stock is also more limited compared to the vast variety of colours available a decade ago. Also, they finally ran out of the CS branded nibs with that diamond logo which was rather nice. They must've gotten a sweet deal from Bock or Jowo for those lame flag nibs that all current CS branded pens come with; it's not even an unfurled flag, fluttering proudly, but kinda like something you see during a limp breeze. If they had a better nib design I'd be all over this. Note the nib functions great from all accounts, but it's just not aesthetically pleasing compared to what came before, and when you're paying hundreds for deprecated stationery then aesthetics do count, especially for small details (and the nib is the centrepiece of the whole thing, not a small detai).

RayF

22220

Feb 5, 2019

SilentSpeakerSounds like they’re just picking over the bones at this point. Back in the heyday I didn’t have the cash, now I have the cash but not the stomach.

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Theroc

2318

Keyboard Club Member

Feb 5, 2019

katerchenThe rights to the name were last bought up by the same guy who owns the Wahl-Eversharp brand now, I think. The new CS pens are made in Italy, that much I'm sure of.

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SilentSpeaker

Feb 6, 2019

TherocIt's an odd situation: the rights in the US were bought by that guy you mention and there were some mediocre pens made as a result that have less to do with Conway Stewart than anything, but the rights in the UK are another matter. These pens on this drop are made on the same machines CS pens have been made on since before their last death. Same designs, same materials (only the nib design is different), unlike that weird US stuff.