Howdy all,

I was wondering if anyone has a Waterman's #7 Brown nib for the pen pictured below. Currently it has a "Pink" nib. Thanks.

Greg

Greg, that has to be the smallest #7 Brown nib I have ever seen. Either that or there is no image attached and I have dust on my monitior again. edit, and upon refresh lo and behold there are the images making me once again look the fool

Wish I could help, but the only #7 I have seen recently is the Red that I welded up tonight for a client.

Cheers,
Sean

I can't help you with your nib, but I will say that the ripple color on that pen looks great.

Have you considered that the color band might have started life pink, but has aged to a brownish tint?

--Daniel

Dear Sean,

Thanks for looking, and trying to help. I will hopefully be able to resolve this situation.

Sincerely,

Greg

Dear Daniel,

Is this true? Can this happen to such an extent that now the pink is brown? Is there some way I can restore the pink back?

Thanks Daniel, I never thought of that.

Sincerely,

Greg

Hi Greg,

Colour fading can happen but the pink usually goes to a paler near tan colour. The only 'spare' nib I have for #7 is non colour coded one.

Cheers,
John

They darken around the outside, so if you can unscrew the top and look at the disk from the top, you'll see the original color in the center of the casein disk. The pink disk is really a sort of orange; or all the ones I've seen have been.
Rob

Hi,

Yes it's true. I know of no restoration for the color per se, though in theory if one removes the top and turns down the ring might get to better meat under the surface crud, but then have a too-narrow ring. Many of these are replaced. I hear poker chips make good donors. BUT, TBOMK, few of us worry about the ring. The value is in the nib. Yes, if one has a clearly blue band and a red nib, that would raise eyebrows, but faded red, pink, purple and brown often seem to end up pretty close in appearance.

My suggestion- don't sweat the band. But if need to make it brighter, turn down a pink band from more modern material and just replace.

regards
david

I'm repeating myself here, but note that the material from old poker chips, while old, is not the same material as originally used for the Waterman color band rings. The original material was casein plastic, so if you are looking for old donor material, I'd recommend old casein buttons.

That looks like a discolored pink band. I do not think you have a brown band pen.
Pink nibs are better anyway! ;-)

I don't disagree. I merely observe that poker chips have been claimed to yield good looking result and speculate they might be more stable. I don't insist.

regards

david

Hi,
Replacement color rings for #7 and #5 Waterman pens have just been listed today on e-bay under the Waterman category. There is a note for further information at the Web site below. I think they have two sets available for each of the seven colors including pink.

http://jakespens.net/#COLORS

They've also listed the pairs of white rings that are sometimes on either side of the color rings.

That looks like a nice pink nib.
Best, Pat