The Reddest Red Pen: Conway Stewart Cherry Red

[Kampo]

I nurtured a strong desire over the years to acquire the reddest pen in the market. Red is after all my favorite color. It was easy picking out what pen to aim for - harder to actually get it. As early as 2012, I fixed my eyes on Conway Stewart's Cherry Red material officially in their color code 617/056 particularly in the Churchill model. 475 quid was well something beyond the reach of a university student, however, so I was relegated to drooling over Mary Burke's excellent promotional material for the model during her time with CS. Fast forward to about a decade today and I'm lucky enough to own both a Churchill and a Duro in this fantastic acrylic.

Is it as red as I had hoped? You bloody betcha! It deserves the name cherry red and reminds me of other things sanguine say accidental papercuts, beautiful pieces of steak (albeit without the white marbling that gets a score of A5), and that spicy tuna sashimi I'm a constant sucker for from Little Tokyo. Well, I'll stay quiet and just let these pictures speak for themselves.

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There are a bunch of other fantastic reds out there. Conway Stewart's own Poinsettia is a close contender, there are I believe three recent Aurora Optima releases that are just as lovely and you've also got great ebonite such as the Terracotta from Leonardo Pens. Oh, and anything in Urushi Red. What's your reddest pen?

[KBeezie]

So it's redder than vintage Wahl Coral? Cuz that seems like lava. :P

[Chrissy]

They are beautiful pens.

[Robalone]

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[Robalone]

kampo . They are truly beautiful. All things come to them who wait . 👍🏻

[christof]

Cool - a red-contest!

maybe not the reddest...but still quite red

[eachan]

Three bright Blackbirds. The red one is a 5277.

[Runnin_Ute]

Esterbrook SJ with 9450

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[Kampo]

So it's redder than vintage Wahl Coral? Cuz that seems like lava. :P

Coral is a good one! Althought it does tend more towards orange than the cherry red. In any case, Coral's a 'hot' material. Fire!

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[Kampo]

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That set is in fantastic condition

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[TSherbs]

I nurtured a strong desire over the years to acquire the reddest pen in the market. Red is after all my favorite color. It was easy picking out what pen to aim for - harder to actually get it. As early as 2012, I fixed my eyes on Conway Stewart's Cherry Red material officially in their color code 617/056 particularly in the Churchill model. 475 quid was well something beyond the reach of a university student, however, so I was relegated to drooling over Mary Burke's excellent promotional material for the model during her time with CS. Fast forward to about a decade today and I'm lucky enough to own both a Churchill and a Duro in this fantastic acrylic.

Is it as red as I had hoped? You bloody betcha! It deserves the name cherry red and reminds me of other things sanguine say accidental papercuts, beautiful pieces of steak (albeit without the white marbling that gets a score of A5), and that spicy tuna sashimi I'm a constant sucker for from Little Tokyo. Well, I'll stay quiet and just let these pictures speak for themselves.

20220111_171146.jpg

There are a bunch of other fantastic reds out there. Conway Stewart's own Poinsettia is a close contender, there are I believe three recent Aurora Optima releases that are just as lovely and you've also got great ebonite such as the Terracotta from Leonardo Pens. Oh, and anything in Urushi Red. What's your reddest pen?

Lovely

[Pterodactylus]

Mine is this one


(Pelikan M600 Ruby Red)

[manoeuver]

Kampo, hate to break it to you but red pens are orange.

[Kampo]

Kampo, hate to break it to you but red pens are orange.

Especially the 'Big Reds' yes ha!

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[FredRydr]

Kampo, hate to break it to you but red pens are orange.

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[Chip]

So it's redder than vintage Wahl Coral? Cuz that seems like lava. :P

Got this one as junk and restored it.

[Robalone]

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[amk]

I'm still struggling with the idea of a red blackbird... that ought to be a contradiction in terms!

[Chip]

I'm still struggling with the idea of a red blackbird... that ought to be a contradiction in terms!

One of our local species: the red-winged blackbird.

[KBeezie]

I would say I don't normally do red.... But gathered up that says something different.