Francis Cashel Brown
Caws Dashaway #130 the Presidential Pen

Below is an image of the Caws Dashaway #130, the same model pen used by Presidents Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison.

President Cleveland said "I find the Caw's Dashaway Fountain pen very valuable as a signature pen."

Ex-President Benjamin Harrison said, "The second Dashaway pen received and just suits me. The first one I gave to Mrs. Harrison, and she is using it with great satisfaction. Thanking you for your prompt attention, I am, very truly yours.

What the image below fails to demonstrate is the large size of this pen. The ink bottle is much larger than modern ink bottles. The nib is about the same size as a Waterman #8 but the tines are a little longer.

The ink bottle is also quite a rarity. Caws bottles are not so hard to find, but finding one that still has the original cork and label is next to impossible. Thanks to fountain pen researcher George Kovalenko for selling it to me.