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Space_Elf Near Mint

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So a friend found this about to be thrown out and gave it to me. It's missing the cap and the nib is pretty messed up. Beyond the Waterman Ideal nib, there doesn't seem to be any way to identify it. I did gently check to see if the nib/feed would come out, but no luck. I cleaned it as much as possible with cold water and inked it, obviously it didnt write... Did get some ink around the feed, but I expect the nib is a lost cause. Even if the pen is nothing special, I figure it might make a good project for me.

 

So any idea what it is? Or you know, advice in general?

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This is an eyedropper, but not sure at all it's a Waterman... (is there a number on the bottom end of the pen ?)

 

To fill it, unscrew the section, fill the body directly with an syringe for instance. But the nib doesn't seems in a good state (missing a tine)

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I totally missed that there was a number on the bottom.

 

It reads:

 

0512

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Very cool, thanks!

 

Now I just have to figure out where to get a replacement cap and whether to fix the nib myself, ask someone else to fix it, or just straight up replace it...

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Finding a replacement nib will be easy, and cap shouldn't be too difficult. Start by asking www.fivestarpens.com.

 

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I'm looking at nibs, but it looks life finding a cap is going to be really tough. I'll be eternally grateful to anyone who helps me track down a replacement cap.

"Science fiction is an existential metaphor, that allows us to tell stories about the human condition. Isaac Asimov once said: 'Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation, if we are to be saved at all."

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I believe the cap should be smooth (not chased) black (no overlay), so it should not be too difficult to find one.

However, having said that I, too, am looking for the same cap (for a chased filigree eyedropper pen).

 

Happy hunting,

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So I sawed off the bottom of a Bic barrel to serve as a cap and Dad generously ordered a replacement nib. In the the meantime, I got it to write!

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For the cap, search ebay member 1001originals sales, he sells old(er) Waterman spares. Maybe also a message to him to ask.

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