Comments on: The pen is mightier than the sword!

Question: The pen is mightier than the sword!

banjo_and_the_pork — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:28:48 -0800

What kind of pen did Dr. Jones use in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?

My Google-fu is failing me! I'm trying to identify this pen. Bonus points if anyone can tell me where to buy a replica/collectible version of it. Thanks!

By: chudmonkey

chudmonkey — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:12:00 -0800

I know this is hardly conclusive, buy I have a Mont Blanc pen with the exact same striping at the base of the cap, and I have seen MB pens with very similar finishes.

Could you show your picture to an employee of a fine stationers?

By: mdonley

mdonley — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:18:43 -0800

It looks like "Made in England" is written on the inside of the case.

By: holgate

holgate — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:24:17 -0800

Hard to tell from the photo, but the top (marbled) one looks like an early 1930s Parker Duofold Streamline, and the bottom one may be a black Duofold Streamline Deluxe from roughly the same period. You can get a sense of the various models from this collection.

You can buy originals on eBay for not a huge amount of money. Here's a black Duofold with a slightly different cap band (the Deluxe had the three bands).

I'm pretty sure they're both 1930s Parkers, but the alternative would be Conway Stewart, which had very similar styles in its line. (They're mentioned, but not identified, as part of this list of movie penspotting moments.)

By: holgate

holgate — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:30:45 -0800

And here's a set of Conway Stewarts for comparison. I'm pretty sure that the top one doesn't have a CS clip, but you can't see the bottom one.

By: rob511

rob511 — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:31:46 -0800

Some of the vintage pens made by Conway Stewart of London resemble the pen in your shot. (Better images on this Australian website; note particularly the top three pens.)

By: rob511

rob511 — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:32:38 -0800

D'oh!

By: banjo_and_the_pork

banjo_and_the_pork — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:53:15 -0800

Thanks! I'm asking for a friend, so I'll pass these suggestions along.

By: holgate

holgate — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:51:50 -0800

rob511: no need to d'oh. My first thought was that the black marble one looked like a grey-hatched Conway Stewart 58 Duro, but you can't see the lever that distinguishes it from the button-fill Duofolds.