Tell us what waterman fountain pens you own....
I have :
2 Expert II's
3 Laureat's
one old lever fill waterman from 1951
3 Phileas
2 Carenes
1 Charleston
1 Hemisphere

Love them all.

Wow Onion, you certainly have me beat. Between my wife and I we have:

3 Carene Deluxe
1 Blue (M nib)
2 Black (F and M nib[which has a Binderized right-footed oblique])
1 Silver Plated (M nib)
1 Cobalt Blue Phileas (M nib)

Inkdesigner

The Carene Broad nib is a dream to write with. I use that for signatures all the time.

2 Kulturs with fine point
Maestro(also called 1900 I believe)
52 1/2v--small pen with great flex
Crusader with open nib (late 40's)
Taperite Stateleigh (late 40's)-fantasic nib
a black no-name model from 1943 or so-another wonderful nib
Skywriter-from Canada
an inexpensive school pen made in France

Very happy with each. I haven't had any higher-end modern Watermans though.

Only one in my stable right now: a grey marbled Phileas with a smooth fine nib.

TMann

A few actually -
-#94
-#5
-#52
-4 Ink Vues
-2 Commandoes
-3 Crusaders
-15 100 year pens
-nothing after 1948!

I like vintage hard-rubber Watermans. The one I use most is a mottled red-black eyedropper #12 circa 1918 that I got from David Nishimura's site. It has a long, fine medium-flex nib. I like the shape of the pen, thin and elegant. I use World War II era Waterman's blue-black ink in it that I buy on eBay. I also have a huge#16 PSF, an early lever-filler with a No. 6 flex nib that is just a beautiful writer. I wish my handwriting were worthy of it. It writes superfine to medium-broad and even a scrawler like me can pretend to some elegance with it. You can draw a thick stroke and tail off to a hairline. It's nothing much to look at, a "user's pen," as they call it, but what a writer. Noodler's black is great with it, if you wait a good while for it to dry. It lays down a dense, wet line.

I also have a Waterman #14 POC eyedropper with a fine medium-flex nib that I fill with my mixture of Noodler's black and brown, trying to mimic the look of the Walker's Copperplate iron-gall ink that I sometimes use with a dip pen. And at the Washington Pen Show this August I bought from Joel Hamilton a wonderful #52 lever-filler with a flexible medium oblique nib. It's new old stock, with the original $2.75 price tag on it, and the nib has a real sharp snap to it on the page.

There's nothing like those old nibs, made in an age when people valued penmanship.

Just one Waterman for me, a blue/grey Harmonie hoping to add a new Exception when I graduate uni

Now here's a forum I can really dip my nib into. Hmmm.
At last look I have:
A Sapphire Edson with a medium nib, and a green broad nib section that I'm now using.
Orange Liaison medium nb,
Purple Philieas
Green and clear Kultur demos.
A strange skinny Waterman with a gold medium nib and a funky corrugated finger rest.
A woodgrain 52
A 52 ringtop ripple
A 52 BHR
A lovely English W3
One purple Carene with a medium nib
One silver plated Meridian Carene with a Broad nib.
Oops forgot about my Black Emblem pen. A vintage beauty.
Yoiks also forgot about my lovely 94 red steel? set.
Taperite,
Ivory Charleston


Hmmm, I think I'll spend some time looking at my collection 9

In rotation Silver Carene, Liaison, and Edson.

IMHO the modern Watermans are incredible pens.

(not responsible for any content or spelling because of pain meds)

Karin

2 - C/F, one a "cheapie" and one a lovely GP Barleycorn with a to-die-for BB nib (thanks DWL!)
1 - Ideal No. 7, my grandfather's pen, with a Blue nib
1 - Ideal No. 12, RMHR, with an artist's nib (wet noodle XXXF)
2 - Ideal No. 12-1/2VS "Baby", one chased and one not
1 - Ideal No. 24, with a semiflex nib
1 - Ideal No. 45, a Frankenpen actually, very late with an earlier cap
7 - Ideal No. x52, assorted, featuring my pre-1923 452 and its BB factory stub
7 - Taperite, all kinds of interesting things
8 - X-Pen, one GF cap and seven Juniors, in assorted colors

I've played with lots of modern Watermans, just never had a strong inclination to own them (except for a green Philéas that got me going on vintage pens but is no longer mine).

Oh, and there's the 51V that I just won on the 'Bay. I haven't seen it yet, but it's mine for better or for worse. <_<

And I completely forgot my Lady Patricia until I looked at Elaine's posting below!



(Edited to add 51V; edited again to ad Lady Patricia)

I've mentioned in another thread that Waterman pens from the first ~50 years of production comprises a large portion of my collection. A few of the bigger or key 'areas':
- 15-20 eyedroppers: 12's, 14's, a 16, several earlier models
- Most of the 5x models, in a variety of bhr, ripple, or woodgrain,
with a special fondness for the 51V and the 56V
- 2 Standard InkVue's
- 6 92's and 4 92V's
- 5 94's
- 10 Lady Patricians (3 are Ink vue models)
- 7's in Red ripple (red nib) and Emerald Ray
- Turquoise Patrician set, which is the prize of my collection

Best regards, greg

Two--- Phileas, a green and blue

I have a Hemisphere in the Red Marble Lacquer and an Ici Et La in khaki.

11/28/06 - Added a red Phileas and a blue Phileas.

Richard, I want to thank you for restoring that #16 pen I mentioned in my previous post. When I bought it, it lacked a pressure plate and was oxidized brown. You brought it back to the world of the living, along with half a dozen or so of my other early pens.

Let's see...

1 Carene
1 Expert
1 Expert II
2 Charlestons
4 Hemispheres

Like 'em all!

Here's my Waterman family:

Three

BCHR 52
Red Ripple 52
#12 Eyedropper

1 unrestored Ideal 12 1/2 that belonged to my grandmother
1 restored Ideal 52 BCHR -Richard, thank you
1 restored British W5 - Richard, thank you
and 1 green Phileas

The working pens are all fun, and someday I will get the 12 1/2 restored for my daughter. It is a tiny, beautiful pen.

I have a green skinny Waterman as above but I don't know what it's called. Any ideas? I've just bought a Waterman Carene, marine amber, but I'm not allowed to use it until my birthday.

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Only one so far: Phileas with a fine nib. This was my first real pen, but more to come in future. I have my eyes on the Charleston

I love my Phileas BTW.

Desirider.

My Watermen so far:

- 'Executive' brown-speckle laquered/GP FP, 18k EF nib (excellent EF nib; bought 1986 in Milano, my first expensive pen; typically, the section was 'eaten' by the ink and leaks)

- (Le) Man 200 Night & Day SE silver plated FP, 18k F nib (smooth, somewhat dry nib; classy Art Deco design in 20s overlay-style)

- (Le) Man 200 Night & Day SE gold plated RB (this even outshines the silver plated version)

- Man 200 blue/black/GP laquered BP (kind of snakeskin pattern; this BP is not really ergonomic)

- 'Exclusive' black laquer/GP 0,7 mm MP

I have 2 Phileas (Blue and Grey, medium and fine nibs), 3 Carenes (Sea Green Shimmer w/fine nib, a Blue Abyss and a green/gold Deluxe with medium nibs), and an Expert II in brushed chrome. All are great writers.

I use a Waterman Commando, with the Ideal 14k nib.

Pro - The nib is a wonderfully fine, sensitive semi-flex. Perfect for work at home.

Con - Insufficient clearance between the nib and inner cap allows ink to build up inside the cap. Sometimes it has bled through the clip cap onto white shirts. :doh:

Someday I'd like to have a Taperite and learn what improvements were made over the Commando.

Just one...Waterman Serenite (black w/silver trim). Love it!

Ok, where's that "jealous" smilie?

I have a green Phileas with a medium nib and a blue medium nib that I think is an Expert or Expert II. The phileas writes much more smoothly.

Just two:
Black/silver/red pen that I don't know much about (will try to post pics later and inquire) with a nice flex nib compliments of an FPNer.
Red Ripple 52 with an incredible wet noodle nib.

Sorry to rain on the parade guys. I sold all my watermans. All had stingy flow, and moderately smooth nibs. I could fix the nibs now, but not the flow.

I really lust after a Serenite, but can't bring myself to jump back in.

And, why buy vintage WM when there are so many snorkels out there...

I love Waterman pens! 9 They're my best writers and I seldom leave the house without at least one of them. So far:

Blue Edson w/factory slight "left foot" oblique nib
Exception Day & Night with the gold bands and a factory stub (my all time favorite)
green Carene w/gold cap and F nib
CF Directeur General w/ F nib
CF gold "moire" pattern w/m nib
and
a small green purse pen, I think it's called a Lady pen? w/M nib. This is the only one that some flow problems. The others write like a dream.

I had a Phileas but wasn't crazy about it.

If I had more $$ I'd be collecting the CF pens constantly...

Petra

Hi all,
Glad to see there are other Waterman fans out there. When I first found this forum, I figured I must be alone. Here's a partial collection. I have others but they are pens, and pencils and will soon be hitting the auction block. These are my fountain pen keepers.

1. Phileas This is the pen that started all this craziness for me. My company presented this to me at an awards dinner and I wanted to learn more about it (you know...what's it worth?). From that point, I was lost. I've since added a green marbled, blue marbled and a black to my collection.

2. Expert

3. Maesto

4. 52 1/2 V (still needs bladder )

5. Liaison (I like this one, but really want to find a Cobra)

6. Exception Night & Day

7. Expert Racing Edition I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me about this one. I bought it because I had never seen one (hoping it was rare) but as yet, have not been able to learn the first thing about it. It has a serial number on the front bumper of 7509 so I guess it's not as rare as I had hoped. Still a really cool presentation box!

Only one Waterman fp at this time, a black Laureat in m nib.

I love it so much that I bought the rest of the set: rb, bp and pencil.

I like thin pens (so far) so this Laureat feels great in the hand. I tend to stick my pens in my agenda/planner loops, so thin is also practical.
I may get another Laureat in fp nib, IF I can still find Laureats. If not, then I'll have to start researching other Waterman models.

Is it crazy to want to collect all the other colors in the same model? Of course, there are other great models out there, I kind of have an eye for the Hemisphere, if it's thin enough.

I've been using this pen daily for a couple of years now, it's my constant companion...

RT

Vintage Watermans:
--a red ripple 52 1/2 V pen & pencil set
--a marbled grey 511 (?) lever-filler
--a marbled brown English-made lever-filler
--a red lever-filler pen & pencil set (Commando?)
--a white lever-filler pen & pencil set (Commando?)
--2 Taperites (a Crusader & a smaller model with a fishnet-pattered cap)
--a red C/F

Modern Watermans:
--2 Phileas pens (red marbled FP & blue marbled ballpoint)
--2 Kulturs (metallic pink FP & solid red FP)
--a red marbled Expert II FP
--a chocolate brown Le Man 200 FP
--a black lacquer Ici et La ballpoint

I do love my vintage Waterman pens:

- Lady Patricia, 'Onyx' Semi-Flex #2 nib.
- Lady Patricia, 'Moss Agate' Manifold Account nib.
- 452 1/2 V Sterling Overlay, #2 nib.

However, the only modern Waterman I have is the Audace... I have about 11 of them, ballpoints and fountain pens. Not many other modern Waterman's appeal to me, although I do like the look of the smaller 'Lady' pens from the 80's and 90's.

Hmmm,

I guess I'm working up my collection of 94's - I have 3 so far:

Moss Agate
Mahogany
Blue and Cream (?) - forget the official name

I defintely keep eyeing the Ink Vues as well, particularly Copper Ray....

weepstah

Expert (F)

Charleston (F)

Phileas (M)

Edson (F)

All of these pens are very smooth and have never given a bit of trouble. In short, I love them one and all.

2 Phileas (F,F)
Edson (F) - It is a Christmas present from my wife. So, I don't officially get it until then.

-Jack

Hello,

I thought this might be a nice first post to the board. Many of you have some very nice pens. I got interested in pens about 12 years ago and used to attend a few shows. I have since tapered off my collecting, but here are a few of my Waterman Le Man series.

I expect to have two more to add to the collection courtesy of Mr. Lewertowski....

Enjoy

My favorite: a 54 with an XF X-flex. And a LeMan 200.

And now: a #52 BCHR with very nice chasing and super crisp imprints/ medium semi flex nib.

More coming: will describe when it arrives!

That's a beautiful signaturel, Jonathan. You know how to put that flex nib to use!

Just today received two from two separate eBay auctions: a clipless lever-fill 52 with a Canadian Ideal nib, and a pretty pearly blue 503 made in England.

I only have one fountain pen.
I had a black Apostrophe (with medium nib I think), but I lost it, after using it many years.
Yesterday I bought my first fountain pen (the other one was a gift). It's a Hémisphère in metallic blue, with a Fine nib.

1 Harmonie, Black GT

1 Hemisphere, Stainless Steel GT

1 Phileas, Red

2 Ici et La, both Silver

1 Exception, Slim Black ST

1 Vintage 502, Black GT

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=7] Hello this is my first post on the Fountain Pen Network so please excuse any font or size issues....

Anyway I own just one Waterman which is the Edson in silver. Sold as the limitecx edition here in England.

It has a medium nib as standard but bought an oblique nib via e-bay.com which I do like for signature use.

The story of how I settled for this pen is for another post but suffice to say it was a long and expensive search.

I am at present trying to locate a supplier of Noodlers inks in the uk but think I may have to buy from the USA.

Good to be amongest like minded people....

Regards to all.

I have one Waterman fountain pen, a blue Phileas. I love it, it writes so smoothly. I would like to get a Charleston one of these days.

Hi, just got my first Waterman, a 515. Know very little about it, about 1949. Written with it, it's really quite something. Looks fabulous. Please don't anyone tell me there's no such pen or anything awful like that! I'd be gutted.
I am now looking for excuses to write, on everything, about everything. And here I am, at my laptop . . . .
Ann

LeMan 100 fountain pen, in solid silver
Patrician fountain pen, in coral red (x3)
Opera fountain pen and ball pen set
Rhapsody fountain pen, in red ripple
Gentleman fountain pen, in full gold plate
Laureat fountain pen, in gun metal
Phileas fountain pen, in green marble
Expert II fountain pen, in black

By the way, I also used to work at the Waterman Pen Service Center when it was located in Boston. Any questions I can answer by all means let me know.

Basically, all of my Watermans are really solid, everyday writers. While I don't use them every day, when I ink one up, I can always count on it. I have:

2 Phileas' (blue/med nib, grey/fine nib)
3 Carenes (Seagreen Shimmer/fine nib, Blue Abyss/med nib, green and gold cap Deluxe/med nib)
1 Expert II (brushed chrome/med nib)

Don't know whether I should say one, or four. It's kind of a quad-fecta:

LeMan 100 (EF), with matching RB, BP and MP.

The FP is such a smooth writer. My only gripe is with it's weight. I can only use it unposted.