What comes in a box like this?
Jan. 20th, 2011 03:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
philmophlegmSomething I treated myself to recently:
Conway Stewart make some of the world's finest handmade pens (their range includes pens costing over £10,000, although mine wasn't close to that amount) and they're a Plymouth firm. Winston Churchill wrote with a Conway Stewart. They are currently in administration, but it looks like they will find a buyer. I'm hoping that my Finesse is worth a bit more because they spelt the name wrong on the barrel!
The pen itself is lovely. It writes very smoothly and is beautifully balanced in the hand. It isn't the largest fountain pen you'll ever see by any means, but it is pleasingly heavy. It's actually solid sterling silver with a resin veneer rather than resin, which accounts for the weight. I prefer heavier pens.
Conway Stewart make some of the world's finest handmade pens (their range includes pens costing over £10,000, although mine wasn't close to that amount) and they're a Plymouth firm. Winston Churchill wrote with a Conway Stewart. They are currently in administration, but it looks like they will find a buyer. I'm hoping that my Finesse is worth a bit more because they spelt the name wrong on the barrel!
The pen itself is lovely. It writes very smoothly and is beautifully balanced in the hand. It isn't the largest fountain pen you'll ever see by any means, but it is pleasingly heavy. It's actually solid sterling silver with a resin veneer rather than resin, which accounts for the weight. I prefer heavier pens.
