CS1071 Conway Stewart No. 12 Fountain Pen and Nippy No. 3 Pencil Set, boxed. (Soft Medium-Fine)

CS1071 Conway Stewart No. 12 Fountain Pen and Nippy No. 3 Pencil Set, boxed. (Soft Medium-Fine)

Date: c1950s

Size: Capped - 128mm, posted - 154mm.

A beautiful blue marbled casein Conway 12 and Nippy No. 3 pencil set in excellent condition.  Both pieces are lovely and glossy with none of the surface crazing you sometimes get with these older Casein pens.  There are not noticeable scratches or other damage on either piece and all the gold plated trim is bright and shiny (save for a tiny bit of discolouration to the point of the pencil) with no loss. 

Fountain Pen

The brass conical ended cap top button holds on the gold plated "CS" monogrammed pocket clip.  This one has the diamond-shaped end.  There is a single gold plated band near the cap lip.  The filling lever is also gold plated and has the "CS" monogram within a diamond imprinted onto the circular end tab.  The barrel imprint is lovely and crisp and deep.  The nib is a Conway Stewart No. 3N in a very nice soft fine-to-medium point.

Pencil

You twist the black crown to extend and retract the 1.18mm lead.  The pencil, too, has a lovely crisp and deep imprint.  I have fitted a fresh lead into the mechanism and it is working perfectly.  

Box

The original colour-coded paperboard box is also in very nice condition with just a bit of edge wear to the lid.  Inside, the pad is made from cream coloured satin, and the original instruction/guarantee card is also still present.  

I have fully serviced this pen.  The nib is very smooth and writes with a very nice wet and consistent fine-to-medium width line.    This is a soft nib and will provide for a little bit of line width variation as you write.

Would make a great everyday writer, and in good enough condition for a display set.