CS1096 Conway Stewart Princess Ballpoint Pen and Pencil Set, boxed.

CS1096 Conway Stewart Princess Ballpoint Pen and Pencil Set, boxed.

Date: c1970s

Size: Length - 107mm.

A late model octagonal gold plated Conway Stewart ballpoint and pencil set presented here in its original box.  Both pieces are in excellent condition with no damage at all on them that I can spot.  Both pieces sport a "Conway Stewart" engraved branding to the barrel, along with "UK".

Ballpoint

The ballpoint has a very unusual cam-based extending mechanism - basically, you screw in the knurled crown to extend the point - unscrew to retract it, and continue unscrewing to remove it.  The mechanism still works very well.  I will supply a new Schmidt 700 refill to this pen, so you are all ready to go with this.

Pencil

A propel-repel pencil that works by twisting the point.  The crown will unscrew to allow access to a lead storage area in the barrel.  There is a single spare 1.18mm lead in here, and I have installed a fresh one into the mechanism which works perfectly.

Box

The original paperboard box is also in nice condition and it has done its job of protecting its contents very well.  The lid is made from textured brown paperboard and the base has a lovely gold coloured metal edging.  The form-fitting pad is made from red flocked plastic.  

I have fully restored this set - both items work nicely.  Not a rare set, but unusual to find in such nice condition.