Chrome Multifaceted Mystery Waterman Short Review

[rochester21]

This is a review of a apparently mid-range waterman model, originally produced somewhere in the early 1980s- just my intuition. Don`t know the name of the model. i couldn`t find any references, I only know it was also available in gold-plate version. You can access full size pictures from the links at the bottom of the page.

 

1. Appearance and design 4/5. This is a hard to photograph chrome-plated pen, with a multifaceted design. Very sleek and shiny. The clip is rather dull-looking, but overall a nice pen to look at and hold.

 

2. Construction and size 4/5. This waterman is made from a rather lightweight metal, feels sturdy enough in the hand. The clip is very stiff, and my main complaint is about the snap-on cap. The sistem fitted on this pen is similar to that of the waterman c/f, but worse. You really have to pull in order to remove the cap and put it back on, even chinese pens have better mechanisms than this. The cap can be posted, the balance of the pen while capped is ok, although the cap doesn`t stay firmly posted. Size and weight are average- 13 cm closed, 1 cm diameter.

 

3. Nib and writing experience 3/5. The first time I filled this pen up, the nib gave me a fine, 0.5 mm line, with a crayon-like feedback. This aspect improved after cleaning the pen, because it was surprisingly easy to pull-out the nib and feed. The nib itself is made from 18K gold, and has some spring to it. What I really don`t like about it is the fact that it is a dry writer, and not using it for 10 seconds means that the nib will dry-out.

 

4. Filling sistem and conclusions 4/5. The waterman uses standard-size cartridges, which feel a bit loose when inserting them. I paid the equivalent of 25 usd shipping included from France for this pen, and because of the low price I can`t be too harsh with it. It has an rather unusual design and has a gold nib. I only wish it wasn`t such a dry writer.

 

 

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Edited January 3, 2013 by watch_art

[Quintane]

Hi! I guess I have a pen almost identical to yours. Your photos are not available (or I cannot see them), but your description is enough to tell. I do not have my pen with me, but in a week or so I will be able to post some photos. Just the nib seems to be different. The nib of my pen was not gold, but steel, and it wrote smoothly and uniformly. I say it wrote because the section was broken, and the pen was set aside for years. I got it in a cruize in the early seventies. I think I had it unrepaired for about thirty years, until last year, when I took it to Spain and send it to Teodoro Rodriguez (official Waterman repairshop). He made me choose either to cement the old section together with the nib, or to change nib and section. I prefered this second choice, thinking that he could have a finer nib than the F nib the pen had. The new nib, sorry to say, is not finer, but a little bit broader. Anyway, it writes very very well, it has a perfect ink flow, and is also very smooth. So, I recovered the pen after all, and I am very happy about that. All the other features you mention, that somehow annoy you, like the way the cap is set, or the not perfect posting, etc., don't really mean much to me. I always loved my unidentified and multifaceted and shiny Waterman, and I am very happy to be able to use it again. I am happy also to find someone who owns one like it. Please wait for my photos. I'll do also writing samples...

[Quintane]

Please take a look!

 

Short Stories Of My Pens - 1 (Waterman, Model Unknown)