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This lever filler is gonna give me a rash the lever mech is on that smooth skin part.

 

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/71c9/k9dp1af2rhi2cvn6g.jpg

 

How nice the picture doesn't want to go the correct way.

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Possibly a 5 something, maybe 515 or a W something. I am no expert.

 

What number is on the nib.

 

Extract the block from the barrel, line the nib up with the lever and replace into barrel.

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Waterman Taperite I think.

Aren't Taperites semi hooded nibs.

 

The seller labeled this as a Medalist, but it doesn't look like the Medalist pictures I've seen.

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I do agree with Force : it looks like a 5xx model : a 513 may be ?

Some Medalist model were also looking like yours : see on pages 102-103 of the "Waterman Past and Present" red book from Max Davis & Gary Lehrer.

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It DOES look a lot like my 515, although mine is battered (and decommissioned....). Mine has the number 515 under the Watermans made in England.

 

 

But with Watermans it's always a guessing game what model this now is again.... Seems to depend on smallish things, like a slightly different lever or clip etc.

 

 

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The nib:

 

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1510/587fsu1gwgsl2cr6g.jpg

 

Ugh.... now I regret buying old pens.

 

The MADE IN ENGLAND is stamped on the side of the body.

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I would not be too negative. Many pens form the early period are hard to precisely define. Just consider it to be one of these.

 

It seems to write well and looks to be in good condition.

 

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Icywolfe,

 

Like those English nibs.

 

I will assume your original question is in regards to difficulty in filling your pen.

 

I'm sure Waterman marketed their lever pens as "self filling". All that should be required is a properly "equipped" user. Finger nail should be sufficient. I have found that when these are stubborn, it can be a few different things:

 

1) The lifting tab can sit too low in the cut-out, usually because some part of the overall lever/box assembly is bent.

 

2) The friction "bumps" on the lever box and their corresponding holes in the sides of the lever are dirty/corroded or deformed and thus offer too much resistance.

 

3) The sac is losing its elasticity, overloading the mechanism(lots of lever boxes with their levers bent and their backs broken).

 

4) Dirt/corrosion in the lever pivot, or in the pressure bar tracks(not sure of the type bar your pen uses).

 

These are offered in no particular order. I'm sure there are other possibilities. Get in there with a loupe.

 

 

Is it a sharp tab.... or too many manicures?

 

Good luck, Bob

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Icywolfe,

 

Like those English nibs.

 

I will assume your original question is in regards to difficulty in filling your pen.

 

I'm sure Waterman marketed their lever pens as "self filling". All that should be required is a properly "equipped" user. Finger nail should be sufficient. I have found that when these are stubborn, it can be a few different things:

 

1) The lifting tab can sit too low in the cut-out, usually because some part of the overall lever/box assembly is bent.

 

2) The friction "bumps" on the lever box and their corresponding holes in the sides of the lever are dirty/corroded or deformed and thus offer too much resistance.

 

3) The sac is losing its elasticity, overloading the mechanism(lots of lever boxes with their levers bent and their backs broken).

 

4) Dirt/corrosion in the lever pivot, or in the pressure bar tracks(not sure of the type bar your pen uses).

 

These are offered in no particular order. I'm sure there are other possibilities. Get in there with a loupe.

 

 

Is it a sharp tab.... or too many manicures?

 

Good luck, Bob

I just lack nails. I just cut my nails then my package arrived. I guess a while back people had long nails.

 

The original question was what did I buy which means what model is this.

 

I would not be too negative. Many pens form the early period are hard to precisely define. Just consider it to be one of these.

 

It seems to write well and looks to be in good condition.

 

 

 

All those pens looks like clones of each other.

 

I wonder back then they didn't have the idea to stamp the pen the model number or name? Like how on the Pilot Justus95 cleanly has Justus95 on the cap band,

 

Well from that image it sort of looks like the 513 or the W3.

 

Just a question if I plug up the holes on the sides of the cap would I lower the value of the pen?

 

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I'm enjoying this fine point. Must better than the other flexy nibbed pen I got. This pen got some feedback the other just goes splat by it's own weight.

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Well, Waterman did put the number on some, like I said, mine has 515 on it, with an English Manifold nib.

 

 

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Plugging the holes in the side of the cap is apt to see ink pulled out of the feed during uncapping, and messy hands thereafter. The were installed in the factory for a reason.

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Plugging the holes in the side of the cap is apt to see ink pulled out of the feed during uncapping, and messy hands thereafter. The were installed in the factory for a reason.

But aren't the holes drying the ink faster?

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But aren't the holes drying the ink faster?

The holes aren't that big.

 

If you want nibcreep, plug them up.

 

It's a bit like in your house in mid winter. Opening up all windows the whole day is a bit cold, but plugging up every nook and cranny to keep in the warmth will lead to stale air and headaches.

 

 

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The holes aren't that big.

 

If you want nibcreep, plug them up.

 

It's a bit like in your house in mid winter. Opening up all windows the whole day is a bit cold, but plugging up every nook and cranny to keep in the warmth will lead to stale air and headaches.

 

 

D.ick

I have the AC on almost 24/7....

 

But if I plug it up would it decrease the resell value in the future?

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Sure, I would first have to unplug, then thoroughly clean the cap from old ink with possible mould....

 

Think I'd buy another one.

 

 

Like Ernst said, they were put in there for a reason.

 

 

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