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[Innes Cate]

Hi All

 

I recently acquired this button filler fountain pen branded HENLEY CABLES  MADE IN ENGLAND.  

 

It is fitted with a Conway Stewart nib which maybe an after market to a Warranted nib.   On the face of it the pen looks to be quality made with a screw in section, although the gold fittings lack the quality of the Conway Stewart 58.  

 

It is a rather stubby pen measuring 112 mm capped and has the same cap girth as a Conway Stewart 58 (see photo) and a slightly wider barrel diameter than the CS 58.   

 

A google search show HENLEY CABLES CO is still in existence in India.  

 

Can anybody enlighten me the origin of this pen and who the manufacturers of the pen would have been?  

 

Thanks

Innes

 

 

[vintage penman]

My guess would be a Wyvern pen judging by the general style, section shape and ironmongery. However, I could be awfully wrong and it hails from the Summit / Lang stable which often shared similar brassware.... that nib is almost certainly a replacement - it would probably have left the factory with a generic Warranted item.

[Innes Cate]

Thanks for your input.   I did not think of the Summit / Lang stable so will put that in the mix. 

[Peterg]

Could also be Valentine or possibly Unique. Would be useful to see the underside of the feed.

Edited by Peterg, 04 March 2017 - 06:04 PM.

[Innes Cate]

It is the plain smooth type of feed