CS1090 Conway Stewart No. 85L, boxed (Soft Medium)

CS1090 Conway Stewart No. 85L, boxed (Soft Medium)

Date: c1950s

Size: Length Capped - 137mm; Length Posted - 161mm.

As its name would suggest this is the longer version of the Model 85.  It is in near pristine condition, and looks to have been hardly used.  I can find no damage at all on this lovely glossy pen.  The pen is made from an unusual and very striking bright green and black marbled celluloid.  The cap has a black conical end "jewel" with a gold filled bezel, cap band, and long straight pocket clip.  The clip has the "CS" logo at the top within a diamond shaped cartouche and another diamond at the bottom.  The barrel imprint is still easily read, and it appears nice and crisp and deep.  It is fitted with a short gold filled filling lever with a diamond and "CS" logo imprinted within the circular end tab.  The glossy black section holds the super No. 3 Conway Stewart nib, which is 14 carat gold, undamaged, and in a medium point. The original box is also in very nice condition still with just a little age related foxing and mild staining to the outer surface.  Inside, you can find the original instruction/guarantee sheet

I have fully serviced this pen.  The nib writes very smoothly with a good wet medium width line.  It is a soft nib and will even give you a tiny bit of line width variation as you write.

It is very seldom I come across such a beautiful and original Conway Stewart pen in such lovely condition.