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Welcome to the English pen sales page at Vacumania including at least Conway-Stewart, Onoto and pertinent Parkers.  Modern Parkers  from England for now will not be included here, but can be found in the several Parker pages offered. Please note that this website has no sales cart. Most pens shown are singletons, and I sometimes lag with updates noting completed sales.   Please contact me to confirm availability. Payment typically is by Paypal, though Postal Money Order can be done too. Shipping starts at about $9 insured in USA and ranges up with price of pen. International shipping tends to run $25-$50


Pen 4138   Conway_Stewart 85    $95 SOLD
Pearlescent Burgundy with Gold Veins.

Overall Grade: Very Good
 Metal: Good Color:  Exc
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Nib condition: Exc
 Threads: Perfect clarity: NA
Point: F-M Flex (can hit Broad) Imprint:  Excellent
 Size:  5" 12.8 cm PRICE: $95
COMMENTS: England's best known brand, this one dating I suspect to mid 1950s. Clean color and nice nib. Very light toothmarks at butt of pen. Trim tends to be the weak point on Conways, with well less heavy gold layer than found with good USA-made pens.  On this one the trim is intact on cap-ring and lever, but the clip is completely brassed.  A nice writer,  priced down d/t cosmetic issues as noted.


Pen  4098 M: Mabie Todd Blackbird.  $225
English. Mottled Pearlescent Gray and Blackn(BB2/45 imprint) : Flex nib

Overall: Exc
 Metal: Exc Color:  Exc .CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc
 Threads: Perfect clarity: NA
Point: Fine Full Flex Imprint:  Extra Fine
 Size:  4 7/8", 12.3 cm
 PRICE: $225
COMMENTS: Mabie Todd had branches in the USA and in England. English pens gave us some amazing colors and of course interesting nibs, going well into the 40s, perhaps the 1950s. This one is clean. Great color and trim. Model/Series code in butt of pen BB2/45. Lovely flexible  "blackbird"-marked 14k nib that offers flex from fine to broad+.  You just don't see these every day


Pen 4048 K:   Conway Stewart 380  $110
 Oblique Nib

Overall Grade: VG-F
 Metal: Exc Color:  Exc .CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc
 Threads: Exc clarity: NA
Point: Oblique! Imprint:  Exc Size: 5",  12.8 cm
 PRICE: $110
COMMENTS: Mild even wear with visible but light imprint and with some trim brassing. Possibly hard rubber despite the streamlined shape (I get hint of rubber smell). No fatal flaws. Neat Oblique NIb. $110


Pen 4081 K:Pen  Mabie Todd (English Division) Swan   $185
Black Chased Celluloid (not Rubber). Flex Nib

Overall Grade: Nearmint
 Metal: Superb Color: NA
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Nib condition: Nearmint
 Threads: Perfect clarity: NA
Point: Fine-Med Stub/Flex Imprint:  Superb
 Size: 4.75" 12.5 cm
 PRICE: $185
COMMENTS: English Swan by Mabie Todd.  Most pen makers gave up on chased finishes when hard rubber yielded to plastic for pen manufacture, but chased plastic pens do turn up. This one is a bit of a monster. Dating likely to the 1930s, though I can't exclude 1940s.  It riffs on the flat-top style, but with slightly beveled ends.  Condition is just superb, with clean chromr trim, unworn chasing and sharp imprints everywhere. It has the black lever I've seen with some colorful Mabies also from this era Terrific nib. Fine-med with bit of stub quality, with light touch it writes a razor thin corss stroke and fine-medium downstroke. Additionally some flex is present. With gentler pressure when pen held at modest angle to paper, the dowstroke can hit double broad.  I probably should keep this one, as I've not had another Mabie of its sort, but I don't aggressively collect this brand, so I'll let it go to someone who can appreciate it. Another one that looks even cleaner in hand than in photo.


Pen 4084 K:  SUMMITS.100 (English) $145
Full Flex Rreplacment Conway-Stewart NIb
Overall Grade: Fine+
 Metal: Fine Color:  Fine
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Nib condition: ExX
 Threads: Perfect clarity: NA
Point: Fine Full Flex Imprint:  Exc
 Size: 5 3/8" 13.6 cm PRICE: $145
COMMENTS: English chased hard rubber full sized pen. Info (Thanks to Rob Thomson at the Facebook Fountain Pens Group): " Summit is the ultimate name for the Lang-Curzons company that made pens like the various Summits, Klimax etc. they were headquartered in Liverpool, UK and were serious competitors to Conway Stewart etc."  This one grades about fine. Clip has clean intact chrom trim. Cap-band has some brassing as per the photo. Scalloped-pattern Chasing a bit worn on barrel. Mild oixdation of color to barrel. Nice sharp manufacturer's imprint. Nib is a replacement Conway, but one that has a full-flex fine point.


Pen 4049 K:  Wyvern (English) "Perfect Pen #81"  $135

Overall Grade: Exc
 Metal: Exc Color:  Exc+ .CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc
 Threads: Perfect clarity: NA
Point: Med-Broad Imprint:  Exc Size: 5 1/4",  13.3 cm
 PRICE: $135
COMMENTS: Thsi English Wyvern turned up in a collectinon of Conway-Stewart pens I bought a couple years ago. Quality English brand, with nice big gold nib. This one has a hefty "iridium" blob on tip, offering a nearly broad line.



Please contact me to confirm availability. Payment typically is by Paypal, though Postal Money Order can be done too. Shipping starts at about $9 insured in USA and ranges up with price of pen. International shipping tends to run $25-$50
Contact: isaacson@frontiernet.net