Greetings fine people.

I am fortunate to have found you all. I used to sell fountain pens out of a store in Georgetown, DC during my college days (1980's) and bought one of the Waterman's. Last month it started leaking between the nib and the gold section. After viewing several posts here, I removed the barrel section from the gold and fount that it had essentially disintegrated under the gold band. In trying to unscrew the gold band (plastic), it just crumbled away.

Is there anywhere I could find that gold band and the plastic sleeve that resides between the nib and the ink converter (under the lacquer section) and replace the components myself (if indeed it is a simple screw in procedure)? or, should I send it back to wherever Watermans go when they are injured? and which hospital would you recommend?

Many thanks indeed, . . *sniff*, *sniff* . . . .

Alpsman

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Hi Alpsman,

Welcome to FPN.

That is a new failure on a Waterman, not seen it to that extent before on a quality pen, seen similar things on mass market IPG types. The metal trim ring can and quite often will corrode, usually from the underneath where it is not gold plated, ink can be pretty unfriendly to a lot of metals if it is left in contact for years, that is one of the reasons that gold, gold filling and platingcame to be used on pens, but the failure of the plastic is a new one on me.

I think it is very definitely a case of return to Waterman it would need, if not quite the services of a magician then the combined talents of a very good machinist and a jeweller to sort that out which, although Waterman spares are expensive, would likely cost you more.

If Waterman can't help then it is a search for a section from a pen that has had other troubles, like being run over and the barrel crushed, everything else scraped and dinged but with an OK section, it does happen.

Sorry not to able to offer any solace let alone an easy answr, best of luck with the search.

Cheers, John

Hi Alpsman

I would try to contact John Mottishaw through mail and ask him if he has a spare section for the man 100. I know he had in the past http://www.nibs.com/ModernWatermansNibsPage.htm. If not ask him what to do with the pen, a man 100 is worth to be repaired because it is a great pen and because it has a great nib.

regards

georges