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Picked this up at the NY pen show. What is it?
btw, does the section twist off? Or is it a friction fit? Am hoping to resac it.
Full Version: Pls help ID this Waterman
Took more pics. Hope this helps.
The only references to a Waterman pen with hooded nib that I could find all referenced the Taperite or the X-Pen.
But as you can see the nib and section are different from those pens:
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The underside of the nib, showing the feed:
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The smooth, undetailed cap. Engraved along the rim: "WATERMAN'S MADE IN U.S.A."
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Any idea, anyone?
The only references to a Waterman pen with hooded nib that I could find all referenced the Taperite or the X-Pen.
But as you can see the nib and section are different from those pens:
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The underside of the nib, showing the feed:
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The smooth, undetailed cap. Engraved along the rim: "WATERMAN'S MADE IN U.S.A."
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Any idea, anyone?
I THINK it's a Crusader?
Steve
Steve
Possibly a Skywriter-- that seems a very broadly-applied label. I've got a Waterman with an exposed point but otherwise similar line, in which the section is a friction-fit, but the neck of the section has been roughed up for extra friction. I couldn't say this one will be the same, but a little bit of warming and a little bit of tugging shouldn't do any serious harm.
@luckygrandson: don't think it's a Crusader. According to the Taperite profile on Binder's site the Crusader was simply a lower-priced Taperite, keeping the design and the 14K nib.
But Richard's profile includes a photo of a pen with section threads, similar to mine. But this was made in Canada.
I wonder if the pen I have somehow had its nib pushed in too far? Online searches turn up no Waterman hooded nibs that look like that. Gotta knock it out some time and take a look...
@Ernst Bitterman: thanks for the advice
Wow, how broadly applied was the "Skywriter" name? Thought Skywriters only came with open nibs and the torpedo-shaped cap.
I bought one from another FPN member once, that was similar to the pens in Jim's article -
http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Waterman...writer1950s.htm
- but had a gold-like chromed cap with no ridges. Nice pen, smooth nib but using it was like writing with a nail.
The mystery deepens!
But Richard's profile includes a photo of a pen with section threads, similar to mine. But this was made in Canada.
I wonder if the pen I have somehow had its nib pushed in too far? Online searches turn up no Waterman hooded nibs that look like that. Gotta knock it out some time and take a look...
@Ernst Bitterman: thanks for the advice
Wow, how broadly applied was the "Skywriter" name? Thought Skywriters only came with open nibs and the torpedo-shaped cap.
I bought one from another FPN member once, that was similar to the pens in Jim's article -
http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Waterman...writer1950s.htm
- but had a gold-like chromed cap with no ridges. Nice pen, smooth nib but using it was like writing with a nail.
The mystery deepens!
Just an update for anyone who might be reading this sometime in the future:
The section is a friction fit. Came out after a good long soak in water.
The section is a friction fit. Came out after a good long soak in water.
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