Waterman's Hundred Year Pen

[jbb]

Found a bunch of fountain pens at a flea market this morning but one seems particularly nice. It's marked "Waterman's Hundred Year Pen." The nib is in great condition and it took in ink with out being re-sacked. Does anyone know what the age or value of this pen might be? Both ends of the pen are missing something.

[Watermoon]

Oh, see how lucky you are:

 

http://www.rickconner.net/penspotters/waterman.100year.html

http://www.lionandpen.com/RAstyk/WatermanH...edYearpens.html

 

And what's missing at the ends?

[jbb]

The pen is missing the clip along with whatever attached it and at the other end it's missing most of the translucent plastic which on my pen used to be amber colored. It has that ribbed surface they mention and is on the fat side.

 

Thanks for the information. Do you think it might have a 14K nib even though it is not marked on the nib?

 

I paid $5.00 for the pen.

Edited June 3, 2006 by jbb

[Dillo]

Hi,

 

Chris Burton can add the plastic ends for you.

 

Dillon

[Glenn-SC]

There are good reasons that this was named "The Hundred Tear Pen".

 

The ends cracking and falling off is just one of it's endearing qualities.

[jbb]

There are good reasons that this was named "The Hundred Tear Pen".

 

The ends cracking and falling off is just one of it's endearing qualities.

Do you have any of these pens too?

[Glenn-SC]

I have a first year version of the HTP, in transparent blue.

Beautiful pen!

I paid $17 for it at an antique store.

The cap threads were cracked in several places.

Sherrell Tyree fixed them for me.

So fragile I'm affraid to use it.

[jbb]

I didn't know that you could fix cap threads. It's too bad you can't use yours...

[revdem]

Congrats - 100 year pens are always a great find! Have you got a photo we can see? I just finished repairing the end of a nice forest green pen - they are great users, but brittle around the cap lip. If the pen is transparent, hold it up to the light to see if there are any cracks in the body before using it....

 

Dave

[Glenn-SC]

Oh, Sherrell fixed the threads.

It's the brittle plastic Waterman made the pen out of that scares me.

 

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j95/glenn-sc/8522d03b.jpg

 

Looks black but is really transparent blue .....

[JRodriguez]

Nice find! And thanks for sharing the pic Glenn!

[revdem]

Congrats! Here is a photo of some of my 100 year pens. They have all been restored - once the ends are re-done, you've got a beautiful pen. I use about 3 of the sturdiest as every day writers. The plastic is quite brittle, so you do have to take the calculated risk in using them.

 

Cheers

 

dave

[Onion]

Wish I could find a nice pen like that for 5 bucks!