Henry Sr.’s Fountain Pen - 30th Anniversary Replica

[MaverickFerg]

After acquiring a vintage Conway Stewart fountain pen last year (like the one Henry Sr. uses in the tank scene in Last Crusade) - I decided that I wanted to pick up the modern version of the Conway Stewart Series 58. Much to my dismay, they don’t make them with the classic lever-fill mechanism anymore.

Figuring I had nothing to lose, I emailed Conway Stewart and struck up a conversation with their artistic director. I suggested that, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film, it would be great if they would release a replica of the original pen for collectors (and Indy fans, like us!) with the original lever-fill mechanism. To my surprise, he agreed and - after sending lots of stills, video clips, and pictures from the Archives book - he sent everything off to production to create an exact replica of the original pen that we see on the screen.

Although the pens are not quite ready for sale yet (currently being photographed as of the writing of this post), they did write up a blog post on their site about it:

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They should be sending some pictures this week or next week (which I will try to post here) and it should be up on their site for sale by the end of the month. (Probably just in time for the 31st anniversary of LC!)

[Michaelson]

Well done! Any projected price yet?

Regards! Michaelson

[Canyon]

Great work!

I can't wait to see these.

[Indy Magnoli]

This is fantastic! Well done spearheading this.

[MaverickFerg]

Well done! Any projected price yet?

Regards! Michaelson

I’m not sure - that’s a good question. Their other pens range from about $300 (for the basic, black, modern Series 58) to around $500 for some of the other “special editions” so I would suspect somewhere in that range.

Definitely not cheap - but then again, not many Indy prop replicas are!

[MCINTOSH275]

Hopefully for those of us who collect Indy accessories make us a good price...

[MCINTOSH275]

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[Mark Raats]

Lovely pen!

I wonder if it's licensed since there are none of the usual Lucasfilm credits on the page?

M

[MaverickFerg]

It’s getting closer! I’ve asked them to extend the middle gold ring on the cap to make it a more exact match to the original. They agreed to make the change and the new version is being photographed as we speak. Hopefully the pics will be updated on the website soon!

[Castor Dioscuri]

Wow, nicely done! This is a shocking example of "don't ask, don't know!"

[MaverickFerg]

Just curious if anyone grabbed one of these while they were available? Hopefully at least some of them found homes in Indy collections here!

I saw on Conway Stewart's Facebook page today a picture of a customer review. The picture included the COA which was numbered 96/100, so I checked the website and the pens seem to have vanished - leading me to believe that they must have sold out of their limited run of 100.

Here's a fun YouTube review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdghQiTFR_I" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;