CS394: Conway Stewart Dinkie No. 550, boxed.

Date: c1950s

Size: Capped - 4 1/16 inches, posted - 5 1/8 inches.

A very pretty little Dinkie made from an attractive light and dark blue marbled casein with black veining.  Casein is a form of plastic made from milk proteins.   This pen is in very good condition, with the only damage being a little plating wear to the pocket clipshoulder that, as usual, looks a lot worse in the photos below than it does with the naked eye.  The cap has a small conical gold plated top button that holds on the gold plated pocket clip that has the "CS" monogram within a diamond at the top and another diamond at the bottom.  There is a fairly narrow gold plated cap band below the pocket clip.  The barrel imprint is crisp and deep and the cute little filling lever has the "CS" monogram imprinted in the circular end tab.  The nib is shiny and totally undamaged and is a medium point.  

I have fully serviced this pen.  The nib writes very smoothly with a very nice wet and medium width line.  It is also a fairly soft nib and will produce a little understated line width variation as you write.