If you use your Waterman Edson regularly could you tell me how does it withstand the everyday use ?
Does the barrel get scratched easily ?
Does the cap still looks nice and shiny or does it become dull,scrtachy or even loose its gold plating ?

Also do you find your Edson to be a wet writer or a bit on the dry side.

One of my Edsons came with some plating worn off the cap, but it has not lost any more since I have had it. Other than that, all three of mine have held up well with frequent use. They are are still bright and sparkly. I give them an A+ for long term durability.

I have Waterman's factory stub nib on all three of my Edsons, but I also have a spare EF nib for one of them. All of the nibs write on the wet side, but not overly wet. The EF writes a good, crisp though wet F line, which I like very much.

Both of my Edsons hold up very well. I wouldn't say that I use them every day, because I don't, but I do use them at least twice a week at the office. Neither my Diamond Black nor my LE Sterling Silver have any worn plating or other major scratches--perhaps because I'm more careful than most.

I wouldn't hesitate to use them all the time, but my other pens keep getting in the way, especially those pesky Sheaffer Legacys...

I have one Edson and enjoy it but do not use it too much. No real reason why.

I think this is in interesting thread because I very clearly remember a thread several years ago on alt.collecting/pens in which a number of people very directly and aggressively declared that the Edson was in fact NOT well enough made to last more than a few years of us.

I have no opinion on this whole thing, but it is interesting that there are some people out there who use their Edsons a lot and are finding they hold up.

j

My ruby Edson is holding up well. It has been inked on and off for 2 years, and has been inked steadily for the last 2 months, riding to work in my shirt pocket at least twice a week. There, it gets normal treatment, pickup, putdown, lie on the desk, etc.

So far there are no particular scratches, smudges, or displaced plating. I give it a good wipedown weekly with a soft cloth to keep it spiffy looking.

Andy

The clear red plastic tube fell off the pen barrel and had to re-glued, which since I stupidly did myself, and left a slight glue stain. This was with very light use. I would not rate it as a sturdy pen.

I'm lucky enough to have been able to get a couple of ruby Edson FPs, a BP (in a shop closing down sale) and an RB (sold by shop which appeared not to know what it was. I was attracted by the fact it was in a 25% off sale, and was astounded to learn that their stock system said it was £150 before the sale discount. Being an honest sort of chap, I queried this, but since the computer said £150, that was what they were going to sell it to me for...)

FPs get fairly regular use and both have held up well, without scratching, and the same is true of the BP - although that doesn't get quite so much use. The RB, though, has an interesting habit of unscrewing the cap through which the RB refill protrudes if you inadvertantly turn the refill... Not a massive problem though.

My one observation would be that they do seem to pick up fingermarks and I tend to have to wipe them down every couple of days when in use.

Listen Amir, if you are going to get an Edson, get the best one. Look for a Boucheron edition, seems to me I know someone who has one for sale....hmmm.

Great pens, from what I have seen. With a bold nib they are luscious. Would love to have one some time, but funds do not permit now.

Cheers,
Sean

Hello All,

Apologies in advance for a partial thread detour. I'm posting here only because there seem to be a bunch of knowledgeable Edson owners in attendance.

I recently picked up a used Edson (blue), and while the section trim shows a few scratches, the pen as a whole - including the cap - seems to have held up very well indeed. If this make sense: like many of my vintage pens, it has the agreeable look of a robust pen that has seen normal use, rather than the disagreeable look of an indifferently made pen that is beginning to deteriorate (I'm thinking, in the latter case, of peeling, flaking trim, etc.). And it's a splendid writer.

Now, about that detour: I have noticed an occasional bit of ink on the underside of the section collar, near the seam between that collar and the feed proper - most often after the pen has been sitting idle, capped, for a while. (There's no ink in the cap.) And if I press a tissue (or a finger) against that seam in that area, there will be some effusion of ink; after writing for a bit, that tendency seems to decrease. This problem, if it's a problem, seems to be totally manageable - a quick dab and the ink is gone, and ink is certainly not streaming out of the seam. (And it's not as if my fingers come into contact with that seam while writing.) But I would be interested to know if this behavior is normal, particularly in light of the Edson's claims to being leakproof in flight, etc. Do you suppose I need to have the seam resealed?

Thanks for your help!

Cheers,

Jon

I have tried many edsons, most of them were dull and very boring writers. The nib on the edson is not reknown for its smoothness, it is a very rigid and razor sharp nib that writes like a pitchfork. The edson is not an as high quality product as was the man 100 and its little brother the man 200.

Woah Georges is not a Edson lover.

Well, my sample is N=1, I own one black Edson. Indeed the nib is rigid. But it is a smooth writer. As the Edson is fairly heavy, it needs no pressure on the paper. Just let it lay down in your hand and move the pen over the paper. It glides smoothly with a somewhat wet line. It is one of my favourite pens.
Don't own it long enough to comment on the long term wear and tear.

D.ick

Yes I do know of someone who owns the LE model pen

The cap has been the one think that keeps me shying away from the pen. I am just not a matte metal sort of person.


Kurt

So buy the sterling version!

PS - I own 3 Edsons and they are reliable, stiff but smooth nibbed pens.

Didn't realize that there were shiny cap versions of this pen.

Kurt

dunno but I can't stand the edson's nib, even my 15 years old man 100 patrician nib beats it in every aspect. I prefer the older waterman pre 1997 designs. Why do you think Waterman started to lose market shares when they introduced the edson in 1993-1994? Too stiff nib and too futuristic design that were not in adequation with Waterman's image. Rigid can't be smooth, rigid means stiff by default unless you ask Richard Binder to make it fully flexible otherwise it remains a pitchfork out of the box.

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Oh my, I read this is theology class and laughed before I knew it.

satrap
so tired of the Deuteronomistic historian.