Henry Sr.’s Fountain Pen - 30th Anniversary Replica
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 8:20 pm
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:
https://conwaystewart.com/blogs/film-sh ... st-crusade" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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!)
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:
https://conwaystewart.com/blogs/film-sh ... st-crusade" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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!)