The Conway Stewart 85 first appeared in the catalogue in 1956 and was replaced with the slightly longer 85L in 1957, it had a very short production run.
The pen has a very attractive pearlised Marbled Pink finish. The Gold filling to the edge of the clip and lever show some loss but the body of the pen has an excellent surface and a clear imprint.
The pen has been restored and tested. The lever filling system works well and the 14 Ct. Gold nib has a small but pleasing amount of flex which allows some character to be added to the writing.
At 13 cm. capped and a very respectable 15.5 cm. when posted the 85 is a good sized pen, very comfortable and well balanced in use.
The Conway Stewart 85 was only made for a year, it probably didn't sell well during the short run so relatively few were made and they are now quite scarce and very collectable.