1930s Esterbrook Relief 2-L fountain Pen by Conway Stewart - LF OBLIQUE

Vintage: 1930s

Make: Esterbrook x Conway Stewart

Model: Relief 2-L

Color: Black

Materials: Celluloid, hard rubber, gold-plated trim

Filling System: lever filler (resacced and ready to write)

Length: This full-sized model measures 5 1/8” capped. 

Nib: 14k Esterbrook Relief #2 nib is a Factory Left-Foot Oblique (shaped like your left foot viewed from above). It lays down a smooth and consistent XF line on the down-strokes and F line on the cross-strokes.

Condition: Gold-plated trim is clean aside from brassing to the lever and a couple spots on the clip. Celluloid has a smooth, lustrous surface with factory deep chasing and no deep scratches or other notable blemishes – scarcely even any microscratches. Hard rubber parts are factory black. Manufacturer imprint on barrel is deep and fully legible. 

Details: One of Esterbrook's earliest pens was the Relief model, which was made by Conway Stewart in England beginning in the 1930s. Higher in quality and much harder to come by than the later Esties familiar to most, these pens were equipped with 14k gold nibs in an array of specialty factory grinds.